Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

February 14, 2013

Research reveals clues to childhood respiratory virus

New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 13, 2012

CDC selects VU to lead national adverse vaccine event reviews

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to lead a consortium of top national experts in vaccine safety in performing timely reviews of adverse vaccine events.

By VUMC News and Communications

November 12, 2012

UNC, Vanderbilt discover a new live vaccine approach for SARS and novel coronaviruses

Collaborating researchers at the University of North Carolina and Vanderbilt University have found that accelerating the rate of mutations in the coronavirus responsible for deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cripples the virus’s ability to cause disease in animals.

By VUMC News and Communications

October 11, 2012

Pneumonia vaccine for children to be tested in older adults

Vanderbilt is taking part in a national study to test in older adults the use of a vaccine designed to protect children against a common cause of pneumonia.

By VUMC News and Communications

July 30, 2012

Doctors see rise in tick-borne illnesses and other insect-related infections

By VUMC News and Communications

April 19, 2012

MRSA in pregnancy may be less dangerous than previously thought

Vanderbilt pediatric infectious disease researchers studying antibiotic-resistant staph say fears that mothers carrying the germ may set their newborns up for infection are unfounded.

By VUMC News and Communications