COVID-19

ICYMI: UNMC expects COVID-19 vaccine boosters

Over the break, the campus updated guidance as COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly.

Jan 5, 2022

Virtual all-campus forum set for Thursday

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security, and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

Jan 3, 2022

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC; and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

UNMC COVID-19 safety updates per CDC guidelines

UNMC will follow isolation and quarantine procedures issued for health care facilities.

Jan 3, 2022

UNMC for the record

UNMC researchers document the new variant, and ideas sought for Women Investing in Nebraska grant awards.

Dec 30, 2021

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, professor and vice chair of research, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience.

From social media: Dr. Lawler reviews omicron trends

UNMC Global Center for Health Security provides a pandemic update on the fast-spreading new variant.

Dec 30, 2021

College of Nursing alumni lead through the pandemic

UNMC counts Douglas County’s new health director and other directors around Nebraska as graduates.

Dec 29, 2021

From left, Lindsay Huse, DNP, and Anne O'Keefe, MD, both graduates of UNMC, toured the university this fall. Huse is among the College of Nursing graduates leading local health departments in Nebraska.

UNMC researchers: Malnutrition raises COVID risks

Team analyzed national data on hospitalized COVID-19 patients, will present for research award.

Dec 28, 2021

Jana Ponce, PhD, assistant professor of medical nutrition education.

State Sen. Vargas visits UNMC research lab

The senator, who lost his father to COVID-19, hears about pulmonary research related to the pandemic.

Dec 28, 2021

Experts warn: Don’t be complacent about omicron

UNMC’s iEXCEL and Global Center for Health Security animate new variant to show its risks. The strong advice: Get vaccinated.

Dec 21, 2021

James Lawler, MD, co-executive director of the UNMC Global Center for Health Security, right, and Peter Angeletti, PhD, virologist and associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska Center for Virology, speak Monday about the omicron variant and COVID-19 safety measures.

UNMC co-sponsors international COVID-19 conference

Abstract submissions on Middle East/North Africa region sought for May forum in Turkey.

Dec 17, 2021