January 14, 2020

VUMC in the news

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Many news outlets produced stories about this year’s flu season that quoted William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine. A sample:

  • The New York Times reporter Hallie Levine interviewed Schaffner for a primer for parents on how to keep kids healthy during flu season, and what to do if they do get sick.
  • Prevention reporter Korin Miller interviewed Schaffner for a story about how this flu season is on track to be as severe as the 2017-2018 flu season. At least 2,900 people in the United States are estimated to have died of the flu, according to recent data released by the CDC. That's 800 more deaths than estimated the previous week. 
  • ABC News interviewed Schaffner for a general piece about this year’s flu season. 
  • Reader’s Digest reporter Mandy Gardner also interviewed Schaffner about the flu for a story to be posted on their thehealthy.com website.

BBC World News America interviewed Daniel Munoz, MD, medical director of the Cardiovascular ICU, for a story about a new study that found new runners training for a marathon took four years off their “vascular age.”

Huffington Post reporter Jenna Birch interviewed David Edwards, MD, PhD, chief of Pain Medicine, for a story about managing chronic pain.

Tennessean reporter Brett Kellman, Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Elizabeth Fite and KnoxNews reporter Vincent Gabrielle interviewed John Graves, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy, for stories about his Health Affairs study that found adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health in Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act.