COVID-19 Archive — Page 11 of 35

Seth Zost, PhD, has been honored for his research on COVID-19 and other life-threatening viral diseases.
October 28, 2021

Zost honored for research on COVID-19, other life-threatening viral diseases

Vanderbilt’s Seth Zost, PhD, has been awarded a major international prize for his research on COVID-19 and other life-threatening viral diseases. 

Three-dimensional illustration of a coronavirus particle with a textured gray spherical surface, red spike proteins, and smaller yellow surface structures; blurred particles appear in the background.
October 21, 2021

Study explores impact of COVID-19 on children

A masked healthcare worker poses with Gnash, a blue-and-white hockey mascot wearing a yellow jersey, outside a brick building while another person photographs them. The worker holds a drink and a gift bag.
October 20, 2021

Caring for caregivers

More than 1,000 bags given out Tuesday as part of the Caregivers Need Care Too initiative.

Masked healthcare worker in blue scrubs administers a vaccine injection to a masked woman’s upper arm inside a vaccination tent; numbered signs 5 and 6 are visible overhead.
October 7, 2021

Boosta-Palooza

VUMC employees were able to receive a single booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at this week’s Boosta-Palooza event.

Exterior of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, showing the glass entrance canopy, tall modern hospital buildings, colorful children’s hospital sign, and red hospital logo.
October 6, 2021

Pediatricians seeing increase in children with MIS-C after latest COVID surge

Green-gloved laboratory worker holds two small tubes containing clear liquid over a blurred lab coat.
October 5, 2021

AstraZeneca seeks emergency approval for COVID-19 antibodies isolated at VUMC

Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has requested emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a long-acting antibody combination originally developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to protect against COVID-19.