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Children’s antibodies highly potent against COVID-19: study
Graduate student Steven Wall Jr. and Ivelin Georgiev, PhD. Photo by Donn Jones
by Bill Snyder
Children are an underutilized source of potential antibody therapies to counteract the “ever-evolving” COVID-19 pandemic, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Reporting Nov. 6 in Cell Reports Medicine, Ivelin Georgiev, PhD, and colleagues demonstrated that antibodies isolated...
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt selected as trial site for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine
by Christina Echegaray
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is set to begin a phase 2/3 clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in children.
Researchers in the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program will enroll at least 100 healthy children, ages 6 months to 11 years, over the course of one to two months. The trials will follow an age de-escalation,...
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt sees surge in rare MIS-C cases amid drop in COVID-19 numbers
by Christina Echegaray
While the number of COVID-19 cases across the country is decreasing, pediatricians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are beginning to see a new post-surge trend: an increase in cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
The cause of the rare illness is unknown but is believed to be connected to COVID-19, appearing about four...
Poll findsTennessee parents concerned about education, children’s mental health as COVID-19 presses on
by Jake Lowary
The latest Vanderbilt Child Health Poll release found that many Tennessee parents are worried about the mental health of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 80% of parents had concerns about their children attending school remotely. The Poll also revealed that schooling practices and mental health concerns have varied widely among Tennessee families of different...
Children’s Hospital experts say well-child visits remain as crucial as ever
by Christina Echegaray
Pediatricians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are stressing the continued importance of well-child visit for infants, children and adolescents, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Well-child visits — regularly-scheduled checkups — are important from birth through adolescence to ensure that children are thriving at home and at school....