A patient singing during brain surgery, the first Alaskapox death, better ICU alarms, and other news stories with VUMC sources

NIH-funded trial to determine if immunomodulation can improve brain and cardiovascular dysfunction in Long COVID

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with scientists around the U.S. to launch the first Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of immunomodulation on Long COVID.

VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician-scientist John H. Newman

John H. Newman, MD, an acclaimed physician-scientist in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine who made numerous contributions to the knowledge of pulmonary vascular disease, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, after a several-month illness. He was 78.

Publishers Elsevier and Wiley establish open access agreements with Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries

AI aids efforts to cut nuisance alerts for health care teams: study

A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center demonstrates the promise of artificial intelligence to help refine and target the myriad computerized alerts intended to assist doctors and other team members in day-to-day clinical decision-making.

Memorial service held for longtime transplant nurse practitioner Karen Starr