VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, ABC News, CNN, 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: The New York Times, Healthline , Prevention, CBS This Morning, Men’s Health, New York Post, CNN,  CNBC, USA Today, and ABC News,

Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, was quoted in an ABC News story about how the COVID vaccine will be given to children.

Washington Post reporter Alyson Chiu interviewed René Gifford, PhD, professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences, for a story about masking and hearing aid usage during the pandemic.

Al Jazeera English deputy news editor Colin Barker interviewed Mark Denison, MD, director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, for a story about what it will take to stay one step ahead of the mutating coronavirus.

Vox journalist and editor Katherine Harmon Courage interviewed Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about what severely ill COVID-19 patients go through in the course of their treatment.

USA Today reporter Karen Weintraub interviewed James Crowe, MD, director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, for a story about the need to invest in vaccines and treatments against future pandemics.