Children ages 5 to 11 can now get COVID-19 vaccines in Children's Hospital

Children who are 5 to 11 years old are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Tennessee Department of Health vaccination plan. Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt now offers vaccine appointments for children meeting the state criteria. View...

Gift card spoofing continues to be a problem; what you need to know

A popular internet scam involves email or text requests for gift card purchases. Scammers rely on impersonation and social engineering tactics to ask victims to purchase gift cards or approve invoices for them. View...

Special virtual edition of Night Lights for Children's Hospital is tonight

Tonight Nashville will once again say "good night" and light up buildings in support of patients, families and the health care teams at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and across the Midstate. View...

Harrison Society researcher discovers key regulator of kidney cell structure

A molecular switch that regulates the cytoskeleton - the cellular equivalent of our skeleton - is required for the maintenance and integrity of the kidney collecting duct, Vanderbilt researchers have found. View...

Koerkenmeier named VICC's associate nursing officer

Clint Koerkenmeier, MHS, RN, is the new associate nursing officer at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) with the responsibility for supervising the ambulatory oncology nursing enterprise. View...

VUMC named a NORD rare disorders center of excellence

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named a National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) Center of Excellence, joining 31 medical centers as part of an innovative network seeking to expand access and advance care and research for rare disease patients in the United States. View...

This week's VUMC COVID hospitalization statistics

A weekly update on how many COVID-19 patients are in VUMC's hospitals, how many are in intensive care, and how many are unvaccinated. View...

Nurse's vision blooms into therapeutic garden at VPH

For many people the practice of gardening represents growth, rebirth and change. When Susan Crawford, RN-BC, a nurse in Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital's (VPH) Intensive Outpatient Programs, realized that these same ideas are also important in the practice of behavioral therapy, she envisioned an initiative to combine the two practices. View...

Early evening darkness brings dangers for drivers and pedestrians

The end of daylight saving time means many of us are driving home in the dark. View...

Next-level care: For the first 18 months of his life, Carter Ray lived at Children's Hospital

After several innovative, minimally invasive surgical techniques used over a year to improve his health -- including a first-of-its-kind procedure performed in the United States -- Carter finally went home, to Lynchburg, Tennessee. View...

VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, more

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