VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at STAT News, The New York Times and more

Prevention, CNBC, WVLK News Talk 590 (Lexington), CNN, ABC News, Business Insider, Boston Globe, ProPublica, C-Span's Washington Journal, MSNBC’s Maddow Show, Science, Yahoo News, The Hill, USA Today, Clarin (Argentina) and ABC News interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for stories about coronavirus. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) also released the latest edition of The Schaffner Report.

STAT News reporter Eric Boodman interviewed Bob Lobo, PharmD, director of Clinical Programs, Mark Sullivan, PharmD, executive director of Adult Pharmacy Operations, and Patty Wright, MD, associate director, Division of Infectious Diseases, for a story about a 330-mile round trip to Nashville to receive Remdesivir for an Oak Ridge patient with COVID-19.

NBC News producer Erika Edwards interviewed Todd Rice, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, for a story about what intensive care unit doctors have learned about COVID-19.

WPLN reporter Blake Farmer interviewed Seth Karp, MD, professor and chair, Section of Surgical Sciences, and his recent transplant patient Brittany Kirk for a story about VUMC having a record-setting month for transplants.

Knowable Magazine published a Q&A with Kathryn Edwards, MD, scientific director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, about the challenges in conducting clinical research during a pandemic. thehealthy.com reporter Mandy Gardner interviewed Edwards for a story about safety and efficacy concerns of reopening and how, realistically, a vaccine could change activities.

The New York Times reporter Kate Murphy interviewed Robert Miller, MD, professor of Clinical Medicine, for a story about reports of people feeling faint, confused, fatigued or generally ill while wearing face masks.

NBC News producer Erika Edwards interviewed Loren Lipworth, ScD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, for a story about what a “second wave” of COVID-19 means.