June 30, 2020

VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured in the New York Times, CNN and more

MSNBC's Deadline White HouseKALW 91.7 FM’s “Your Call” (San Francisco), Reader’s Digest thehealthy.com reporter Mandy Gardner, Inside EditionToday Show reporter Meghan Holohan, CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, USA Today reporter Elizabeth Weise, The Advocate reporter Andrea Gallo, TBS eFM, (Seoul, South Korea), Associated Press national reporter Mike Stobbe, NBC News medical fellow Akshay Syal, CBS This MorningCNN's Ana CabreraAl Jazeera News TV, freelance science writer Stephen HallCNN TonightThe Washington Times reporter Shen Wu Tan, Yahoo News reporter Korin Miller, Inside Edition and The Tennessean business reporter Cassandra Stehenson interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for stories about coronavirus. Dr. Schaffner is scheduled to be on CNN's Cuomo Prime Time Tuesday, June 30 at 8 p.mCentral Time. 

The New York Times reporter Pam Belluck interviewed Wes Ely, MD, co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center, for a story about some COVID-19 patients having terrifying delirium. 

The Tennessean published an editorial from Stephen Patrick, MD, director, Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, about the stigma around wearing masks. 

Associated Press national chief medical writer Marilynn Marchione interviewed David Aronoff, MD, director, Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about setting a price for the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir. 

Inverse.com reporter Emma Betuel interviewed Loren LipworthScD, professor of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, for a story about how scientists define waves of coronavirus. 

The Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Loftus interviewed Keipp Talbot, MD, associate professor of Medicine, for a story about the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine.