VUMC sources quoted by Wall Street Journal, CNN, Voice of America, 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 Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Scripps News Service, CBS News, CNN, Daily Mail , Voice of America, Health magazine, Healthline, and NBC’s “Today” show.

The Wall Street Journal quotes Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, in a story about research into vaccines targeting multiple variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Creech was also quoted in an Insider piece about the possibility of a COVID vaccine that could be delivered via a nasal spray.

Science reporter Robert Service interviewed Mark Denison, MD, director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, for a story about antiviral weapons to fight coronaviruses.

Beth Malow, MD, director of the sleep Disorders Division, was quoted in a Washington Examiner story about the health effects of changing clocks for Daylight Saving Time.