The Public Health Solutions District reported six cases linked to a person who traveled to Nigeria last month.
Chancellor Ronnie Green said the emergence of new and potentially more transmissible COVID variants led to the change in UNL's approach for the coming semester.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first U.S. case of omicron as the new variant spreads around the world. …
The Husker legend stressed that unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in the state's hospitals outnumber those who are vaccinated by 11 to 1.
"Our clients were told, 'Don't worry about it, she'll be OK.' She suffered profound seizures and will never be the same," attorney Joe Cullan said.
““in certain areas of the hospital there are a fair share (of workers) that would terminate their employment instead of getting vaccinated," the Great Plains Health CEO said.
An average of 483 Nebraska hospital beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients last week, up from 460 the previous week. On Sunday, 528 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus, the highest figure since early January.
Hildreth Fire and Rescue delivered a baby fewer than 48 hours after specialized, high-tech training on emergency obstetrics from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Simulation-in-Motion Nebraska.
Judge Matthew T. Schelp of the Eastern District of Missouri granted the injunction against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
UNMC and Nebraska Medicine researchers are seeking patients for a clinical trial testing if a drug can prevent COVID in adults who live with someone with COVID.
"We developed molecular tools against many different parts of the HIV genome, so we were able to cut multiple genes out, which reduces the chance that the virus is going to replicate again," one researcher said.
The state recorded 6,137 new coronavirus cases in the week ending Friday, up from 5,202 the previous week, part of a surge in Northern states as cooler weather sends people indoors.
“There are residents that have worked there. Now they reside there. They cry every day,” nurse's aide Peg Dethlefs said. “They want to go where the staff is going to go work. There have been a lot of bonds that have been made."
Nebraska and other states allege that the mandate puts health care workers' jobs at risk and threatens to exacerbate a worker shortage that's especially worrisome in rural areas.
Nebraska has received more than $800,000 to join a new national surveillance network intended to help monitor ebbs and flows of the coronavirus in wastewater.
Some 56.5% of all Nebraskans now are fully vaccinated, up from 56.2% a week ago. However, that’s still below the 58.4% national rate and ranks 24th among states.
A new study has found that going to bed between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. is linked to better heart health.
The dashboard will include the same data on COVID-19 as was included before the latest scaling back, the governor said, plus data related to flu and RSV in the state.
More than 90% of employees of the eight Omaha and Lincoln health systems that require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have gotten their shots.
Health care workers vaccinated children against COVID-19 Friday morning at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst on the second day the shots were av…
Gov. Pete Ricketts calls the federal mandate "draconian" and "an abuse of power." The state chamber leader says his group opposes a statewide ban on vaccine mandates as well as a federal COVID-19 vaccine requirement.
The Lincoln-based health system said that of its 5,552 employees, nearly 300 were granted an exemption and will be subject to weekly COVID-19 testing. Five resigned, and five were fired.
Nebraska's coronavirus cases and hospitalizations were up again last week, indicating that the delta surge that began over the summer has not yet lost its sting.
Even with the increase in hospitalizations among vaccinated people, UNMC Dr. James Lawler said he's still confident the vaccines are doing their job in preventing serious disease.
If you're confused about who should get what COVID-19 vaccine booster and when, you're probably not alone.