NEW: Information about admission testing after prior positive COVID-19 test

Inactive SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus can still be present up to 90 days post illness. These patients (if asymptomatic or with improving symptoms) are no longer deemed contagious after the 10/20-day isolation period. View...

NEW: Someone is not wearing a mask. What do you say and do?

Think F.A.S.T.: 1. Be Friendly: "Welcome to Vanderbilt" or "Good morning!" 2. Apologize for the inconvenience: "I'm sorry to bother you." 3. Share the reason & policy: "To protect our patients, staff and visitors" 4. Thank them: "Thank you and I hope you have a good day." View...

NEW: VUMC begins study of second COVID-19 vaccine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has begun recruiting up to 250 participants for a phase 3 clinical trial testing an investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. View...

NEW: VUMC study finds faster, wider spread of COVID-19 in U.S. households

COVID-19 spreads faster and more widely throughout U.S. households than previously reported, according to new preliminary research from a multicenter study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers and published in a weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). View...

UPDATE: Weekly COVID-19 statistics

A snapshot of some of the numbers that help tell the story of COVID-19 at Vanderbilt. View...