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Get Press ReleasesArchive Search Explore For Media Voice MyVUMC Get Press ReleasesArchive For Media Overview Media Contacts News Releases PhotosB-Roll Downloads VUMC Facts and Figures Explore Explore by Highlight Community EducationTraining GrowthFinance Innovation Leadership Perspectives Research VUMC People All News Explore by Topic Cancer EmergencyTrauma GeneticsGenomics Health Equity Health Policy Nursing Patient Spotlight Pediatrics Surgeries TechHealth Transplant Vaccines Explore by Location Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital Vanderbilt University Hospital Search for:Explore For Media Media Contacts News Releases PhotosB-Roll Downloads VUMC Facts and Figures Voice MyVUMC Translated by Google Explore by Highlight Community EducationTraining GrowthFinance Innovation Leadership Perspectives Research VUMC People All News Explore by Topic Cancer EmergencyTrauma GeneticsGenomics Health Equity Health Policy Nursing Patient Spotlight Pediatrics Surgeries TechHealth Transplant Vaccines Explore by Location Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Vanderbilt Tullahoma Harton Hospital Vanderbilt University Hospital Featured Story Transplant VUMC performs its first combined lung and liver transplant Denise Zickgraf, RN, and daughter Victoria Garcia, RN, BSN, work together to deliver babies and help moms at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. She tries not to call me mom at work,” Denise says. (photo by Susan Urmy) Employee Spotlight Mom’s the word for mother-daughter Labor and Delivery nurses at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Denise Zickgraf and her daughter, Victoria Garcia, support new mothers and each other By Danny Bonvissuto First Person I wasn’t sure my hands were worthy of a blessing. Then I heard: Bless these hands and the work they perform,” and I got misty-eyed. By Jessica Pasley EmergencyTrauma Top military medical leader supports additional expansion of partnerships with Medical Center By Jill Clendening Nursing Inaugural Nursing Grand Rounds kicks off Nurses Week celebrations By Matt Batcheldor VUMC leases former ATT Center in Brentwood for future development By John Howser News Releases View All › Are you freaked out, apprehensive, or even mildly concerned about the impending INVASION of BILLIONS of red eyed, noisy INSECTS? Vanderbilt’s Jim Kendall has a brief cicada survival guide. It is important to remember,” he says, This too shall pass.” Supercomputing redesign of a COVID monoclonal antibody The approach, which combines high-performance computing, simulation, machine learning and experimental validation, will help keep antibody drugs up to date in the future against highly variable viruses. By Leigh MacMillan Second-most used herbicide in the US linked to birth defect in national study At present, 44 countries, including the European Union, have banned or are phasing out atrazine due to concern for its negative effects on human health. By Craig Boerner Enhanced ‘VUMC News’ website offers new features The new site is designed to provide easier access to information for members of the VUMC community, and for millions of other visitors to the site each year. By Holly Fletcher Are you freaked out, apprehensive, or even mildly concerned about the impending INVASION of BILLIONS of red eyed, noisy INSECTS? Vanderbilt’s Jim Kendall has a brief cicada survival guide. It is important to remember,” he says, This too shall pass.” Supercomputing redesign of a COVID monoclonal antibody The approach, which combines high-performance computing, simulation, machine learning and experimental validation, will help keep antibody drugs up to date in the future against highly variable viruses. By Leigh MacMillan Second-most used herbicide in the US linked to birth defect in national study At present, 44 countries, including the European Union, have banned or are phasing out atrazine due to concern for its negative effects on human health. By Craig Boerner Enhanced ‘VUMC News’ website offers new features The new site is designed to provide easier access to information for members of the VUMC community, and for millions of other visitors to the site each year. By Holly Fletcher View All In the News A new COVID variant called FLiRT; olive oil and dementia risk; broken hips can be deadlier than cancer; and other news stories with VUMC sources May 8, 2024 Bird flu in the milk supply; an allergy doctor’s allergy shots; the cost of weight-loss and diabetes drugs; and other news stories with VUMC sources May 1, 2024 Counterfeit cosmetic botulism injections; new urine test for prostate cancer; AI in health care; and other news stories with VUMC sources April 24, 2024 Surprise Ozempic pregnancies; limiting social media use by children; the case for eating more nuts; and other news stories with VUMC sources April 17, 2024 Post-eclipse eye problems; risks of bird flu; is hot chicken actually dangerous?; and other news stories with VUMC sources April 10, 2024 Sodium intake affects health, keeping hearts healthy for transplant; and other news stories with VUMC sources April 3, 2024 How dogs helped Covenant School families heal; new treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis; and other news stories with VUMC sources March 28, 2024 Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt turns 20? In 2004, three floors moved out of Vanderbilt University Hospital and into a different building. Demand soared. Now, that building is a 12-floor, 325-bed state-of-the-art hospital, with more beds coming later this year. Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital is commemorating its mission of caring for children and their families. Read More 1 of 10 New tool helps identify babies at high risk for RSV By Craig Boerner Looking for the coolest place at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt? The new ICEE machine is a welcome oasis. By Jessica Pasley Grant bolsters food allergy research efforts By Christina Echegaray Gifts bolster spiritual care resources at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt By Nancy Humphrey Snapshot: Weeklong festivities celebrate 20 years of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt By Christina Echegaray New equipment to enhance security at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt By Christina Echegaray Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt begins treating patients with novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy By Jessica Pasley Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt celebrates 20 years of service By Christina Echegaray Teamwork key to treating boy’s severe head injuries following golf cart accident By Nancy Humphrey Build-out begins on final floors of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt expansion By Christina Echegaray Read More Stay connected. 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