August 24, 2021

VUMC sources quoted by NBC News, Voice of America, Washington Post, more

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: NBC News, ABC News, Voice of America,  CNN, CNBC, Consumer Reports, WebMD, Kaiser Health News, Healthline, Chicago Sun Times, and Associated Press.

Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine, was quoted in a STAT story about how to stay safe during the surge in COVID cases.

Tom Talbot, MD, chief hospital epidemiologist, was quoted by Fox News in a story about increased admissions of children to hospitals as the school year gets underway.

NBC News  and The Washington Post (via Associated Press) quoted Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, for stories about COVID-19, including booster shots and what parents should consider with the opening of schools.