Officials are recommending that Nebraskans avoid eating alfalfa sprouts while state and local agencies investigate a cluster of gastrointestinal illnesses caused by the salmonella bacteria.
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The Nebraska and Douglas County health departments combined will receive nearly $22.6 million in federal funding to build up their public health workforces and data systems.
Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.
Monkeypox has officially reached Sarpy County.
Monkeypox has officially reached Sarpy County.
Monkeypox has officially reached Sarpy County.
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Anyone who still wants to keep track of U.S. COVID cases and deaths will soon have to wait for the weekly reports.
The Douglas County Health Department on Friday confirmed the county's first human case of West Nile virus this season.
JACKSON, Miss. — After nearly seven weeks of being forced to boil their water before drinking it or using it to brush teeth, people in Mississ…
The data reported by public health agencies in Nebraska has ebbed and flowed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data reported by public health agencies in Nebraska has ebbed and flowed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EPA tested more than 42,000 residential yards, day cares, churches and parks, and found more than 14,000 parcels contaminated enough to require soil replacement.
The Douglas County Health Department reported four more suspected cases of monkeypox Friday, bringing to 10 the total number of suspected cases in Douglas County.
Two more suspected cases of monkeypox in Douglas County are being investigated by county health officials.
The Douglas County Health Department on Monday reported the fourth suspected case of monkeypox virus in the county.
The case, which was diagnosed in a man in his 30s, is the fourth so far reported in Nebraska. Douglas County has identified three suspected cases.
The Douglas County Health Department announced Friday that it had identified a third suspected case of monkeypox.
The Douglas County Health Department on Monday confirmed their first case of monkeypox.
The state reported 2,752 new cases for the week ending Friday, down 8% from 2,998 the previous week and 15% from two weeks ago, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Douglas County Health Department has COVID-19 vaccine clinics planned for children younger than 6 years old beginning Tuesday.
With monkeypox cases on the rise in Europe, Canada and the U.S., Nebraska health experts warned residents and health care providers to be on the lookout for the virus and the rash it typically causes.
Douglas County Health Director Lindsay Huse says rates of sexually transmitted diseases and infant mortality both have increased in the county since 2019.
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Nebraska continued its two-month downward trend in COVID cases and hospitalizations last week.
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UNL’s lifting of its indoor mask requirement coincides with the end of Lancaster County’s indoor mask mandate as of 11:59 p.m. Friday.