Should I get a second bivalent COVID-19 booster?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if you are 65 years and older or have a weakened immune system, then you are eligible to get a second COVID-19 booster vaccine at least…
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CDC changes community COVID-19 isolation guidance; does not change guidance for Vanderbilt Health employees, patients or facilities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced new guidelines that can help reduce the spread of a variety of common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19. Those actions…
CDC encourages additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for patients 65 and older
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults who are 65 or older receive an additional dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccine if they received an initial dose in late 2023 or early 2024.…
CDC drops 5-day isolation period for recovering COVID-19 patients
People who are recovering from COVID-19 no longer need to remain isolated for five days after symptoms end, according to new guidance from the CDC. ABC News: Top Stories
Maneet Chauhan to close North Gulch restaurant due to ongoing losses since Covid-19
Celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan will close one of her North Gulch restaurants this month due to ongoing losses since the pandemic. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal
Team uses COVID-19 to test automated acute disease profiling
by Paul Govern Automation could speed high-throughput phenotyping of acute disease, a new study shows. Electronic health records (EHRs) are a mainstay of observational clinical studies, epidemiological studies and disease surveillance. Teams often begin by…
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…
Almost half of US adults plan to get new COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds
The latest poll conducted by the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor found that nearly half of all adults in the U.S. plan to get the newly recommended COVID-19 vaccine. ABC News: Top Stories
Updated COVID-19 vaccine available for VUMC employees and patients
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved an updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine provides better protection against current strains of COVID-19 that are circulating as we transition into the fall/winter virus season. The…
How caregivers can reclaim what COVID-19 took away
Rebecca Plowman, RN, was among the speakers who discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted front-line health care providers. (photo by Erin O. Smith) by Bill Snyder A year into the pandemic, Rebecca Plowman, RN, realized…