VUMC sources quoted by The New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, more

The New York Times picked up the story of Vanderbilt basketball player Demi Washington, who developed a heart problem following a COVID infection. Frank Fish, MD, professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, is quoted in the piece. Jessica Pasley’s story about Washington from the VUMC Reporter is here.

William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, continues to be one of the most in-demand sources about COVID-19, influenza and other subjects in the news. Among the news organizations he has spoken with recently: New York Times, NPR, Voice of America, Health, Prevention, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, WebMD, and Reader’s Digest.

Reuters Health reporter Marilynn Larkin interviewed Jo Ellen Wilson, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a story about a new study on the link between schizophrenia and COVID-19 mortality.

Elemental reporter Rob Britt interviewed Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about what COVID treatments (drugs or otherwise) are known to be working, how and to what extent, and what promising treatments are emerging.

Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, was quoted in a Bloomberg story on whether people who have received a COVID vaccine can still spread the virus.