VUMC sources quoted by Washington Post, MSNBC, 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 Washington Post, Men’s Health, Prevention, Healthline, Medical News Today, HealthDay News via U.S. News and World Report, and CNN.

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”interviewed Alex Jahangir, MD, director, Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, live on Wednesday for a story about the spread of COVID in Tennessee.

CNN’s “Newsroom with Jim Sciutto” interviewed Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about President Biden’s plan to slow the spread of COVID-19, vaccine misinformation, the toll on health care workers and unvaccinated patients in the hospital.

CBS News Radio (Los Angeles) interviewed Keipp Talbot, MD, associate professor of Medicine, live for a story about the FDA's scientific staff declining to take a position on whether to back booster shots of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccination. (Interview begins at 24:28)

Yahoo Finance Live interviewed James Crowe, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, for a story about his work with monoclonal antibodies.

The Washington Post published an opinion column by Nashville writer Betsy Phillips about the postponement of her surgery due to the influx of unvaccinated COVID patients.

Eva R. Parker, MD, assistant professor of Dermatology, was interviewed for a story in Cure about how climate change may increase skin cancer risk.