Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Director Pat Levitt, Ph.D., is stepping down after six years to pursue other opportunities,

WASHINGTON (AP)—People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

As the financial crisis worsens, Vanderbilt Medical Center anticipates an increase in "charity care" as citizens' access to healthcare decreases.

When speaking about children's health at the Childhood Obesity Forum on Wednesday, Tennessee Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Health Susan Cooper announced that "nothing is more important than (the problem) we are facing today."

Scientists' quest to unravel the mysteries of our past just received a new deadline.

Vanderbilt Student Health has begun to offer free flu shots for students this month in an effort to prepare for a severe influenza season, as anticipated by health officials.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has named Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for the Vanderbilt Medical Center, the new dean of the Medical School, according to

Vanderbilt study abroad students and travelers may be affected by a recent outbreak in measles.

Child Health Week will take place at the Vanderbilt Medical Center next week with events including a national forum on children's obesity, a free car seat check and a 1-hour teaching kitchen demons