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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.
Three Rivers Public Health Department reported that it has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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.
As COVID-19 vaccines become available for children, Three Rivers Public Health Department has seen a large increase in cases.
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.
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.
Businesses associated with Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Pillen received federally funded pandemic loans totaling $7.8 million, which helped support 1,057 jobs.
Among the findings of an analysis by The World-Herald: 95% of PPP loans were for $150,000 or less, with one Omaha floral shop pulling in just $48 and 1,558 business owners getting less than $1,000.
The Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce and Three Rivers Public Health Department hosted a virtual meeting to update the community on COVID-19 bo…
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.
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.
Last month, Methodist Fremont Health reached a milestone as it provided its 500th monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 patients.
An effort to convene a special session so senators could consider prohibiting vaccine mandates failed to garner enough support. But the underlying goal of banning mandates is not dead.
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.
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.
Gov. Pete Ricketts issued an executive order prohibiting state government agencies from complying, while Doug Peterson joined a multistate suit seeking to block its implementation for federal employees and contractors.
Nuha Andersen got her first vaccine dose last week after seeing an interview with Dr. Sean Kenney, who delivered both of her children. "Clearly he knows what he's talking about; he's the best of the best," she said.
Even with case counts slowly showing positive declines in Oklahoma and across the nation, COVID-19 fatalities are still rising, with the state…
A breakdown of CDC data indicates that an average of just over 500 mostly unvaccinated Nebraskans a day are testing positive for the virus, 40 are landing in hospitals and six are dying.
The people outside Grand Island Regional Medical Center weren’t the only ones praying. Eighty-eight people signed up for a social media page called Praying for Pam.
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the use of coronavirus vaccine booster shots that do not match an individual’s initia…
Gov. Pete Ricketts also rescinded a directed health measure that suspended certain elected surgeries. The move comes as the total number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients dropped below 10% of the state's beds.
The Three Rivers Public Health Department has reported an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations within its jurisdiction in a press release Wednesday.