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by Bill Snyder For most people, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is about as dangerous as the common cold. But for children younger than 6 months old, and for people whose immune defenses have been…
by Jill Clendening Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are inviting non-health care essential workers to participate in a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded study to better understand how they continue to…
VUMC’s department of Health Policy, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is working with health care workers to determine the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine in the health care workplace.…
by Nancy Humphrey Prone positioning in the care of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) receiving mechanical ventilation has been used since the 1970s and has been shown to improve mortality. And in…
The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit’s recently published Home Attainability Index ranked Nashville as a magnet city — a destination for people and companies — but found the city’s housing inventory has failed to keep pace with…
by Jessica Pasley Infants younger than 6 months were better protected from COVID-19 complications when mothers received two doses of the vaccine while pregnant, according to researchers. Mothers who received COVID-19 vaccinations during pregnancy…
by Nancy Humphrey Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, according to a national clinical trial led by…
by Jessica Pasley Parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children against the flu are more than five times as likely to decline the COVID-19 vaccine for their children, according to a study published…
by Tom Wilemon Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28 in JAMA Network Open. Investigators of the COVID-19 and…