COVID-19

July 6, 2022

Study shows two vaccine doses for mothers eases COVID complications for infants

Infants younger than 6 months were better protected from COVID-19 complications when mothers received two doses of the vaccine while pregnant, according to Vanderbilt researchers.

By Jessica Pasley
June 27, 2022

Occupational Health offers tips to kick off summer on a healthy note

We are officially into summer, which means vacations are ramping up. As you write your checklist, pack your suitcase, and book your trip, here are few important reminders.

By Wayne Wood
June 22, 2022

COVID-19 vaccines for children 6 months through 4 years available

Children ages 6 months through age 4 years are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will offer vaccines for this age group on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 22, 23 and 24. Appointments are required and available between 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
 
Saturday, June 25. Appointments are required and available between 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 16, 2022

VUMC research aids approval of COVID-19 vaccine for young children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months old as early as tomorrow, following the unanimous recommendation by an FDA advisory panel on Wednesday.

By Bill Snyder
Dolly Parton and longtime friend, Naji Abumrad, MD. (photo Courtesy of Dolly Parton)
June 15, 2022

Dolly Parton donates $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to help in the fight against serious infectious diseases such as coronavirus that have worldwide ramifications.

By Craig Boerner
June 8, 2022

The Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Clinics team makes COVID-19 health care personal

“I don’t know that you get any more personal than giving somebody back their life.”

By Bill Snyder
June 3, 2022

Food allergy linked to lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

By Nancy Humphrey
June 2, 2022

Study explores positioning options to improve COVID mortality

Vanderbilt researchers found that prone positioning of patients with COVID-19-related hypoxemia not on mechanical ventilation offered no observed clinical benefit among these patients.
By Nancy Humphrey
May 26, 2022

State of Nursing address reviews challenges and resiliency

In her 2022 State of Nursing Address, Executive Chief Nursing Officer Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC, looked back on another extraordinary year marked by multiple surges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resilient nurses who continued to respond.
By Matt Batcheldor
May 25, 2022

COVID infection rates are rising again; masking now required in all public indoor areas of VUMC

By VUMC News and Communications
May 19, 2022

Panel considers ways to improve vaccine readiness, restore trust

A recent Ethics Grand Rounds, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, explored potential ways to overcome vaccine readiness and restore trust in health care providers.
By Bill Snyder
May 18, 2022

Have summer plans? Pick up a COVID-19 test to be sure you’re safe to go

VUMC employees can get two free COVID-19 test kits each (four tests total) at the Occupational Health Clinic or One Hundred Oaks COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 16, 2022

Multiple outpatient treatment options for COVID-19, including Paxlovid™

By Kylie Avery
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