COVID-19 Archive — Page 1 of 35

A laboratory worker in a white coat holds open a blue binder containing printed diagnostic recipes in a clinical laboratory.
October 23, 2026

Vanderbilt mourns loss of laboratory legend Howard Price

One of Mr. Price’s more notable contributions came during the COVID-19 pandemic when a supply chain crisis led to a shortage of the viral transport media necessary for COVID-19 testing.

By Jill Clendening
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May 28, 2026

Vanderbilt Health researchers call for pandemic prevention

The Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics has received large-scale government grants and contracts to fund the discovery of human antiviral antibodies. The problem is the next step — finding corporate partners to develop the antibodies through human testing.

By Bill Snyder
3D-rendered coronavirus particle with a textured gray spherical core, red spike-like projections, and smaller yellow surface details; blurred particles appear in the background.
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
Members of the Vanderbilt Health team are evaluating the efficacy of the immunomodulatory drug baricitinib for treating the persistent neurological and cardiopulmonary symptoms of long COVID. (photo by Donn Jones)
February 6, 2026

Vanderbilt Health to lead expanded multisite study of immunomodulation in long COVID

The public health burden of long COVID is estimated to be the largest seen from an emerging disease in the past century, yet there remain no effective interventions.

By Jill Clendening
Child in colorful pajamas lies in a white hospital bed, holding a white teddy bear.
November 3, 2025

Prescribing with purpose

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study finds unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in hospitalized children and highlights opportunity for antibiotic stewardship.

By Chelsea N. Campbell
3D-rendered coronavirus particle with a textured gray spherical core, red spike-like projections, and smaller yellow surface details; blurred particles appear in the background.
July 22, 2025

Study provides new data on COVID outcomes for cancer patients 

Death incidence was highest in patients with lymphoma, intermediate in patients with acute leukemia and lung cancer, and lowest in patients with other solid tumors or with blood cancers other than lymphoma.

By Tom Wilemon