College of Public Health
13 additional Americans transported to Omaha for coronavirus monitoring
The recently opened National Quarantine Unit on the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus was designed to safely monitor Americans after exposure to an infectious disease.
Feb 18, 2020
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Person brought to quarantine center does not have coronavirus
Woman has returned to Camp Ashland to complete quarantine.
Feb 17, 2020
![From left, Dana Hall, deputy federal health coordinating officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Michael Wadman, M.D., co-medical director of the National Quarantine Unit; and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director, emergency management and biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine, speak at a press conference Friday afternoon to discuss the woman moved to the quarantine center. The woman, who tested negative for COVID-19, has returned to Camp Ashland.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/02_14_2020CoronavirusMovePress0012.jpg)
New Investigator: Jennie Hill, Ph.D.
Dr. Hill’s research focus is childhood obesity treatment and prevention.
Feb 14, 2020
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Author to discuss campus sexual assault at UNO, UNMC
Jennifer Hirsch, Ph.D., co-author of “Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus,” will be in Omaha Feb. 27.
Feb 12, 2020
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Symposiums open for registration and other news and notes from the UNMC community.
Feb 7, 2020
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U.S. again reaches out to Nebraska during health crisis
Nebraska Medicine/UNMC to partner with federal government to monitor American citizens returning from China. None show signs of coronavirus.
Feb 7, 2020
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Chancellor Gold’s message to UNMC on coronavirus
Dr. Gold reminds students, faculty and staff of available resources to help keep the UNMC community healthy, safe and informed.
Feb 6, 2020
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Leaders provide updates on novel coronavirus monitoring
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Nebraska Medicine CEO Jim Linder, M.D., share message on national and local response to the novel coronavirus that originated in China.
Feb 6, 2020
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Air Force Surgeon General tours UNMC
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg and her team toured the Global Center for Health Security and the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha.
Feb 4, 2020
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Nebraska ready to assist if needed
As the world follows developments with the novel coronavirus that originated in China, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine stand ready to help if asked.
Feb 4, 2020
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