COVID-19 update July 15, 2020

As part of their video series on dealing with the pandemic, Dr. William Schaffner and Dr. Tom Talbot discuss practical risk assessment of everyday activities in reducing the risk of spreading COVID-19. View...

NEW: VUMC expresses appreciation for generous donations in the fight against COVID-19


Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center continues to receive numerous generous donations, large and small, from individuals, corporations, non-profits and other benefactors. View...

NEW: Weekly COVID-19 statistics


A snapshot of some of the numbers that help tell the story of COVID-19 at Vanderbilt. View...

NEW: Coordinated care network ensures COVID-positive patient makes recovery


On March 27, Nashville resident Bill Boyce, 73, earned the unwelcome distinction of becoming the first patient intubated on Vanderbilt University Medical Center's dedicated COVID-19 unit. He spent 28 days under the vigilant care of the inpatient COVID-19 team. View...

NEW: VUMC team fills COVID information gaps for web users


For the world's web users, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with Google to address COVID-19 information gaps. View...

NEW: Study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment


The news about remdesivir, the investigational anti-viral drug that has shown early promise in the fight against COVID-19, keeps getting better. View...

NEW: About half of health care workers positive for COVID-19 by serology have no symptoms


Among 249 front-line health care workers who cared for COVID-19 patients during the first month of the pandemic in Tennessee, 8% tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies by serology testing, suggesting they had contracted COVID-19 in the first several weeks of taking care of COVID-19 patients. Among these health care workers with positive serology results, 42% reported no symptoms of a respiratory illness in the prior two months. View...