COVID-19 vaccine

February 11, 2026

Vaccination cuts risk of COVID-19 respiratory failure or death by 80%

Researchers at Vanderbilt Health and around the country continue to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the severity and lethality of respiratory infections caused by the ever-mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus.

By Bill Snyder
March 5, 2024

CDC encourages additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for patients 65 and older

Vials with medication and syringe on blue methacrylate table. Horizontal composition. Top elevated view.
May 11, 2023

Should I get a second bivalent COVID-19 booster?

By VUMC News and Communications
VUMC employees will still be able to get vaccines or boosters at the Occupational Health Clinic at Suite 640 in the Medical Arts Building.
March 30, 2023

One Hundred Oaks COVID-19 vaccination site to close April 7

The COVID-19 vaccination site at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks will close on April 7.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 23, 2023

COVID-19 vaccination site at One Hundred Oaks to close April 7

By Wayne Wood
January 4, 2023

VUMC strongly recommends COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccination as new COVID-19 variants appear in our region

With the development of new variants of the COVID-19 virus across the U.S. and the world, Vanderbilt University Medical Center recommends getting the bivalent booster vaccination.

By VUMC News and Communications