Category: Local News

Interim Operational Considerations for Public Health Management of Healthcare Workers Exposed to or Infected with COVID-19: non-US Healthcare Settings 2019 Novel Coronavirus

  by Christina Echegaray With cases of COVID-19 increasing among young children and adolescents in Tennessee, pediatric infectious disease experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have...

Previous COVID-19 Forecasts 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Social Media Toolkit 2019 Novel Coronavirus

by Sarah Glass While mutations are often associated with causing diseases such as cancer, Xingyi Guo, PhD, and colleagues have discovered genetic alterations that might reduce infectivity by SARS-CoV-2, the...

The trainings listed below are for public health professionals or the general public who are interested in becoming a contact tracer, case investigator or public health professional who already...

CDC offers considerations for ways in which operators can protect employees, customers, and communities and slow the spread of COVID-19. 2019 Novel Coronavirus

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training Guidance and Resources 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Contact tracing is used by health departments to prevent the spread of infectious diseased. In general, contact tracing involves identifying people who have an infectious disease (cases) and people...

  by Matt Batcheldor Instead of drawing thousands of walkers to the Vanderbilt campus, the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Greater Nashville Heart Walk will take place virtually due...