Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease
The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness.
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Drowning Is No. 1 Killer of Young Children. U.S. Efforts to Fix It Are Lagging.
Thirty years of progress in decreasing drowning deaths in the United States appears to have plateaued, and disparities in deaths among some racial groups have worsened.
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Biden to unveil new efforts to protect S. Korea from nukes
U.S. is ready to step up efforts to deter a North Korean attack on South Korea.
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Event to spotlight VUMC’s COVID-19 research efforts
by Bill Snyder
The public is invited to listen in as scientists on the forefront of COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center share their personal stories on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16, in 214 Light Hall.
Co-hosted by the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4), this “Behind the Bench” celebration of science...
Search and rescue efforts underway in Florida after ‘catastrophic’ hurricane
Search and rescue efforts are underway in Florida after a devastating Category 4 hurricane made landfall Wednesday.
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Transplant Center honored for organ donation efforts
by Matt Batcheldor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Vanderbilt Transplant Center have won Platinum Recognition, the highest possible level of achievement, from the National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The recognition, part of HRSA’s Workplace Partnership for Life, honors...
THA honors VUMC efforts in remdesivir distribution
by Bill Snyder
A team of pharmacists and physicians from Vanderbilt University Medical Center that this spring took on statewide distribution of remdesivir, an urgently needed investigational drug for severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19, has received the President’s Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA).
The award recognizes “the outstanding and extraordinary work of...
Treasury yields rise as investors pin hopes on economic reopening efforts
U.S. government debt prices were slightly lower Monday morning after back-to-back rallies on Wall Street, as attempts to reopen economies around the world drive momentum to risk assets.
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