VUMC sources quoted by CBS News, Associated Press, Scientific American

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: CBS News, The Washington Post, The Dispatch, Healthline, Germany’s Deutsche Welle News , AARP, CNN, Shape, Newsweek, Condé Nast Traveler, Health, and the Associated Press.

The Associated Press interviewed Stephen Patrick, MD, director of the Center for Child Health Policy, for a story about the impact of the pandemic on pregnant women seeking drug rehabilitation treatment. Patrick is also interviewed for a story about vaccines in Slate.

The research of Mark Denison, MD, the E.C. Stahlman Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, was mentioned in a Scientific American piece about antiviral treatments for COVID.

Newsy producer Sue Doherty interviewed Jeff Freiberg, MD, PhD, clinical infectious diseases fellow, for a story about antibiotic resistance.

Reuters reporter Nancy Lapid interviewed Wesley Self, MD, MPH, associate professor and vice chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Vice President for Clinical Research Networks & Strategy in the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR), for a story about the effect of air pollution on COVID patients.

An Everyday Health story about how volunteers are helping others deal with the pandemic quotes Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program.