Daily Archives: April 14, 2020

Just in case anyone needed a reminder: Vandy rocks. And so do the staff, nurses and doctors. From the elevator lobby in West Garage or walking across the South Garage Skybridge into Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, those reminders d… Continue reading →

Instructions for COVID-19 testing of VUMC pediatric patients by a VUMC provider for symptoms of COVID-19 (i.e. via telehealth, at a clinic visit, during hospital admission). Continue reading →

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting volunteers who have tested positive for COVID-19 and fully recovered to donate plasma to help those who are currently ill with the virus as part of a new research study. Continue reading →

In response to continued reports of “Zoom-bombing,” and other questions about Zoom accounts, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Information Technology and Enterprise Cybersecurity are providing additional information about Zoom accounts and security … Continue reading →

The Nashville Predators hockey team, longtime supporters of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, donated 600 Chick-fil-A meals to feed hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading →

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by the presence of defective viral envelope proteins (hepatitis B surface antigen, HBsAg) and the duration of infection—most patients acquire the infection at birth or during the first years of… Continue reading →

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has taken its place as one of the top GI and liver disorders on the minds of clinicians, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. The global focus on metabolic liver disease is appropriate, given that NAFLD … Continue reading →