COVID-19 Archive — Page 6 of 35

Close-up of a healthcare worker administering an injection into a person’s upper arm.
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 Vanderbilt Health News
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.
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
A slice of toast spread with peanut butter sits beside a spoon holding a small amount of peanut butter; a crossed-out peanut symbol on the toast indicates avoiding peanuts.
June 3, 2022

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

By Nancy Humphrey
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
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
Repeating colorful illustration of a diverse crowd of people wearing white face masks, shown from the shoulders up.
May 25, 2022

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

By Vanderbilt Health News