COVID-19

April 6, 2020

VUMC team aids development of potential antiviral drug for COVID-19

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are playing a key role in the development of a potential new antiviral drug to treat COVID-19.

By Bill Snyder
April 6, 2020

Vanderbilt team develops COVID-19 predictive model for Tennessee

A team including health economists, epidemiologists and a biostatistician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are amassing and processing data to develop a complex predictive model of the spread of COVID-19 within Tennessee, with region-specific projections, as well as a model of projected resource use during response to the pandemic.

By Jill Clendening
April 3, 2020

Scenes from VUMC show changes and dedication in COVID-19 planning and reaction

The Medical Center mobilized to prepare to care for COVID-19 patients while continuing to care for each other as colleagues.

By Wayne Wood
Mias Pretorius, MBChB, MSCI, chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), models one of the face shields he and his family assembled to provide back-up personal protective equipment (PPE).
April 2, 2020

Physicians, engineering students, families and friends construct DIY face shields

As the number of COVID-19 infections continues to grow, Nashville resident Kobie Pretorius was searching for some way to provide meaningful help to others. And she realized her apprehension was spiking each morning as her husband went out the door for work.

By Jill Clendening
April 2, 2020

Dolly Parton makes generous gift to advance COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt

Legendary country music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton has made a generous gift to Vanderbilt University Medical Center that will increase scientific knowledge and advance the battle against COVID-19.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2020

Dr. Jeff Balser with an Update on VUMC’s COVID-19 Response

By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2020

Study aims to shield health workers from COVID-19 infection

VUMC is playing a key role in a national effort to establish a registry of U.S. health care workers and test whether the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will protect them, their patients and their families from COVID-19.
By Bill Snyder
April 2, 2020

Information technology aids VUMC’s COVID-19 response

By Paul Govern
April 2, 2020

VUMC teams follow up with COVID-19 patients at home

Several components of Vanderbilt University Medical Center have come together to provide coordinated follow-up care for patients isolated at home with COVID-19.
By Paul Govern
April 1, 2020

Keeping good nutrition habits crucial while social distancing

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic could keep many people at home for weeks with fewer trips to the grocery, so it’s natural to want to eat what’s in your freezer or pantry.
By Nancy Humphrey
April 1, 2020

VU engineers, VUMC doctors team for open-source ventilator design

As COVID-19 continues to push unprecedented challenges on medical communities, one of the most pressing threats for hospital staff across the country is a dwindling supply of ventilators.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 30, 2020

We were 200 miles from London when the travel ban was announced. Getting home was an adventure.

At 1:30 a.m. my phone pinged. “Just wondering about your reaction to Trump announcement,” I read. What announcement?
By Wayne Wood
March 30, 2020

I was nervous about using telehealth. It turned out to be one of the best health care appointments I’ve ever had.

Telehealth gets an A+ for keeping me connected
By Jill Clendening
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