COVID-19
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April 30, 2020
Price’s old laboratory recipe book proves to be invaluable
Howard Price has a decades-old green notebook he keeps in his office at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and when a shortage of a critical laboratory supply nearly brought testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to a halt at the Medical Center, the notebook’s contents quickly became invaluable. -
April 30, 2020
Antibody finding raises hopes for Marburg, COVID-19 treatments
Monoclonal antibodies against Marburg virus — a more lethal cousin of the RNA virus that causes COVID-19 — may aid in the development of antibody “cocktails” to counter viral infection. -
April 30, 2020
Initiative to explore COVID-19 outcomes in cancer patients
A multi-institutional consortium led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) is collecting data on cancer patients with COVID-19 as part of a rapid effort to understand the unique effects the coronavirus has on this vulnerable population. -
April 30, 2020
Donating from the heart
Tyler Hubbard of country music’s Florida Georgia Line and his wife, Hayley Hubbard, delivered meals to VUMC last week. -
April 30, 2020
VUMC adopts new N95 sterilization method
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is switching to hydrogen peroxide vapor for sterilization of the white bulbous N95 facemask-respirators used by health care workers to protect against COVID-19. -
April 29, 2020
Here’s your “How to wear a mask” guide from an infectious disease specialist
A reminder for regular mask-wearers and a primer for masking novices -
April 29, 2020
Clarksville boy bounces back after COVID-19 infection
After a month of cough, off-and-on fever, not feeling well and isolation, Joseph “Jo Jo” Bostain is back to bouncing on his trampoline, reading Harry Potter books and planting flowers outside his Clarksville home.