<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - vanderbilt-university</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/vanderbilt-university</link><description>Newsvine - vanderbilt-university</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 7 Oct 2012 21:35:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:58:30 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Pharmacy linked to outbreak issues wide recall</title>
<description><![CDATA[The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, calling the move a precautionary measure.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Schreier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Schreier]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14187127-pharmacy-linked-to-outbreak-issues-wide-recall</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14187127-pharmacy-linked-to-outbreak-issues-wide-recall</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>outbreak</category><category>us-news</category><category>meningitis</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>meningitis-outbreak</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 22:52:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d29c4dfa-d054-4de6-ae9b-6b491c684124.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d29c4dfa-d054-4de6-ae9b-6b491c684124.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign marks an entrance to Saint Thomas Hospital medical campus in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people was first detected among patients treated at the Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgery Center in the complex. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81f62358-e53a-457f-b31e-c0b2379a33ea.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81f62358-e53a-457f-b31e-c0b2379a33ea.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Saint Thomas Medical Plaza building is seen in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people was first detected among patients treated at the Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgery Center located in the building. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b30232ae-b11c-485e-9eca-17a15ed11ce8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b30232ae-b11c-485e-9eca-17a15ed11ce8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign on the door to the New England Compounding Center requests no soliciting at the Framingham, Mass. company, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012.  An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis has now sickened 26 people in five states who received steroid injections mostly for back pain, health officials said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration identified the maker of the steroid as New England Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy. (AP Photo/Bob Salsberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62e7702c-7ec4-4505-81a1-66e5e52fe41d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=62e7702c-7ec4-4505-81a1-66e5e52fe41d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign in front of the Waverly Business Center lists the New England Compounding and other business in Framingham, Mass., Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012.  An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis has now sickened 26 people in five states who received steroid injections mostly for back pain, health officials said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration identified the maker of the steroid as New England Compounding Center, a specialty pharmacy. (AP Photo/Marshall Wolff, The MetroWest Daily News)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f90498cf-d6fd-42f9-b543-0febfe12d901.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f90498cf-d6fd-42f9-b543-0febfe12d901.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign requesting &quot;No Soliciting&quot; hangs on the door of New England Compounding in Framingham, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of fungal meningitis that has killed 4 people and sickened another 26 in five states is believed to have been traced back to a steroid manufactured by the New England Compounding Center. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7beb9ce5-0513-45fd-a6be-0053beb641bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="317" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7beb9ce5-0513-45fd-a6be-0053beb641bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="194" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;UPDATE adds Indiana as the sixth state to report a case; map shows states affected by meningitis outbreak&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e77d4516-1bbe-4d4c-8cf3-f360a676c194.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e77d4516-1bbe-4d4c-8cf3-f360a676c194.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., is shown Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Dr. Robert Latham, chief of medicine at Saint Thomas, said Thursday a patient died there late Wednesday or early Thursday, bringing the number of deaths in Tennessee to three in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five states. One of the clinics that used the steroid injection suspected in causing the meningitis is located in Saint Thomas. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e78bcc54-3a3b-4e36-b4dc-d033657ce32b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e78bcc54-3a3b-4e36-b4dc-d033657ce32b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dr. Madeleine Biondolillo, Director of the Mass. Bureau of Healthcare Safety, answers a reporter's question regarding a meningitis outbreak linked to medicine from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 during a news conference in Boston. At rear left is Dr. Al DeMaria, Mass. State Epidemiologist.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c63b7ac3-b8af-447a-8195-528f9c4ef26d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c63b7ac3-b8af-447a-8195-528f9c4ef26d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, file photo, a sign requesting &quot;No Soliciting&quot; hangs on the door of the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis, in Framingham, Mass. The New England Compounding Center announced Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in a news release a voluntary recall of all of its products. The company said in a news release that the move was taken out of an abundance of caution because of the risk of contamination. It says there is no indication that any other products have been contaminated. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tenn. governor to veto college discrimination bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam plans to veto a measure that tried to force Vanderbilt University to exempt student religious groups from its nondiscrimination policy. It would be his first veto since taking office in 2010.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11506486-tenn-governor-to-veto-college-discrimination-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11506486-tenn-governor-to-veto-college-discrimination-bill</guid><category>us</category><category>college</category><category>us-news</category><category>groups</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>rel</category><category>religious-groups</category><category>bill-haslam</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 19:47:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hospital names surgery wing for Rascal Flatts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University is naming its pediatric surgery center for Rascal Flatts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373522-hospital-names-surgery-wing-for-rascal-flatts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5373522-hospital-names-surgery-wing-for-rascal-flatts</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>rascal-flatts</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>children-hospital</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:12:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ga. prep star killed; was to play at Vanderbilt</title>
<description><![CDATA[A high school football star who had signed to play at Vanderbilt University was shot to death early Thursday by his mother's ex-boyfriend shortly after police arrived to investigate a report of a person with a weapon, authorities said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/18/3914575-ga-prep-star-killed-was-to-play-at-vanderbilt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/18/3914575-ga-prep-star-killed-was-to-play-at-vanderbilt</guid><category>football</category><category>college-football</category><category>sports</category><category>player</category><category>killed</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>football-player</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:33:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Half-dose flu shots work in adults, study finds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Half-dose flu shots are effective in adults, especially in women and those younger than 50, and offer a viable way to stretch supplies during vaccine shortages, a government study found. The strategy also might be an option during hard economic times since lower doses likely would mean cheaper shots, said Vanderbilt University vaccine expert Dr. Kathryn Edwards, who wasn't involved in the study. And the lower dosage could open doors to vaccinating people in poor countries where flu shots are little used, she said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/08/2192220-half-dose-flu-shots-work-in-adults-study-finds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/08/2192220-half-dose-flu-shots-work-in-adults-study-finds</guid><category>health</category><category>flu-shots</category><category>shots</category><category>med</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:05:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Taylor takes unanimous decision win over Lacy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jermain Taylor dominated Jeff Lacy to win a 12-round unanimous decision in a WBC super middleweight eliminator fight Saturday night on the campus of Vanderbilt University.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/16/2116621-taylor-takes-unanimous-decision-win-over-lacy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/16/2116621-taylor-takes-unanimous-decision-win-over-lacy</guid><category>sports</category><category>boxing</category><category>taylor</category><category>lacy</category><category>jeff-lacy</category><category>jermain-taylor</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:58:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>No athletic dept at Vandy, but much success</title>
<description><![CDATA[As president of Vanderbilt University and four other prominent schools before that, Gordon Gee perceived an unhappy trend: Student-athletes were drifting away from the core of university life. They lived, ate and studied in a jock bubble.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/06/1835219-no-athletic-dept-at-vandy-but-much-success</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/06/1835219-no-athletic-dept-at-vandy-but-much-success</guid><category>sports</category><category>athletes</category><category>vanderbilt</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>student-athletes</category><category>gordon-gee</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:49:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/80522a24-696e-412e-83ec-142211fc72cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/80522a24-696e-412e-83ec-142211fc72cb.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vanderbilt players celebrate a 24-17 win over South Carolina Vanderbilt in an NCAA college football game in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jevon Kearse charged with DUI</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tennessee Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop near the Vanderbilt University campus.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/22/1599946-jevon-kearse-charged-with-dui</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/22/1599946-jevon-kearse-charged-with-dui</guid><category>nfl</category><category>sports</category><category>titans</category><category>dui</category><category>tennessee-titans</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>kearse</category><category>jevon-kearse</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:28:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Team Awarded for Better Bulb Discovery</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists at Vanderbilt University have been given an award from Popular Mechanics magazine for a discovery that could someday replace the common light bulb, the researchers say.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/06/471739-team-awarded-for-better-bulb-discovery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/06/471739-team-awarded-for-better-bulb-discovery</guid><category>science</category><category>better</category><category>vanderbilt-university</category><category>popular-mechanics</category><category>bulbs</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Dec 2006 00:23:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>