• Education | 2009-06-01

    For the third consecutive year American students train at infant

    Twelve students from Georgetown University and Harvard University are training at infant to study the main respiratory viruses affecting children and the protection mechanisms of the immune system

  • Press | 2009-12-26

    Swine flu deadlier in children than seasonal flu

    BOSTON (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu can kill children at a much higher rate than seasonal flu, and the elevated risk for pregnant women extends as long as two weeks after they give birth, researchers reported on Wednesday.

  • Community | 2010-02-15

    Pediatric research society honors VUMC’s Polack

    Vanderbilt's Fernando Polack, M.D., has been named to receive the Society for Pediatric Research's 2010 E. Mead Johnson Award. Currently, Polack is doing research in Argentina and at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center and serves as director of the INFANT Foundation in Buenos Aires.