COVID

Alarming Number of Pregnant COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in August

Sep 02, 2021 at 03:42 pm by Staff

Vanderbilt University Hospital treated 39 pregnant patients hospitalized with active COVID-19 infections in August, 10 of whom were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)..... Read More

AMA, APhA, ASHP Call for Immediate End to Prescribing, Dispensing, and Use of Ivermectin to Prevent or Treat COVID-19 Outside Clinical Trials

Sep 02, 2021 at 03:08 pm by Staff

The American Medical Association (AMA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) strongly oppose the ordering, prescri.... Read More

Tennessee Hospital Association News: COVID-19 Peaks Surpassed for ICU Patients, Vent Patients and Pediatric Hospitalizations

Sep 01, 2021 at 03:38 pm by Staff

Hospitalizations are approaching our daily hospitalizations peak from early 2021 (3,314). As of Friday, there were just under 3,100 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Unf.... Read More

'DNA' Podcast Season 2 Explores COVID, Science and Trust in Communities

Aug 23, 2021 at 01:11 pm by Staff

The first episode of the second season of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's original podcast series, Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action, tackles bold questions.... Read More

THA Statement on Need for More Vaccinations and Increased Mask Use

Aug 20, 2021 at 01:00 pm by Staff

The Tennessee Hospital Association's President and CEO Wendy Long, M.D., has issued the following statement: "Tennessee hospitals are once again asking for support from our co.... Read More

American College of Medical Toxicology Reports Data on Adverse Effects and Toxicity from Unapproved Use of Ivermectin for the Prevention or Treatment

Aug 20, 2021 at 12:53 pm by Staff

The American College of Medical Toxicology's Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) has received several reports of patients who became ill from using ivermectin formulat.... Read More

Letter from 10 mid-TN health systems to residents re: COVID-19 vaccines

Aug 20, 2021 at 12:42 pm by Staff

August 20, 2021 Dear Middle Tennessee Residents, The past 18 months have been difficult on all of us. There has been a great deal of sacrifice, loss, anguish, and broken heart.... Read More

TENNESSSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFERING THIRD DOSE OF mRNA VACCINE

Aug 20, 2021 at 12:26 pm by Staff

The Tennessee Department of Health is acting upon recent guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regardin.... Read More

AMA Statement on Additional Doses of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines for Some Immunocompromised People

Aug 13, 2021 at 02:43 pm by Staff

The following statement is attributable to: Gerald E. Harmon, M.D., President, American Medical Association "As transmission of the more contagious SARS-CoV-2 Delta varia.... Read More

Op-Ed: Putting Politics Before Sound Policy is a Deadly Strategy for Tennessee

Aug 06, 2021 at 09:43 am by Staff

With COVID case counts rising across the state ... and, to be fair, the country ... the silence coming from Governor Bill Lee's office and that of the Tennessee Department of.... Read More