COVID-19
UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
Aug 26, 2021
![Joshua Santarpia, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Josh_Santarpia_1043.jpg)
Delta variant, vaccine myths highlight Science Cafe
Speakers will discuss COVID-19 vaccine and virus myths and the recent surge in cases.
Aug 25, 2021
![From left, James Lawler, MD, and Angela Hewlett, MD, will speak Aug. 30 at the next Science Cafe.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cafe082421.jpg)
NSRI awards $50,000 to UNMC researchers
Grants will support innovative work related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 19, 2021
![From left, Elizabeth Beam, PhD, and Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/BeamByra081721.jpg)
Forum: Delta variant requires continued precautions
Chancellor: UNMC will continue to follow the science in setting campus policy.
Aug 18, 2021
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COVID-19 vaccine to be required for all UNMC faculty, students and staff
UNMC will require all students, faculty and staff to report they are vaccinated by Oct. 22.
Aug 13, 2021
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Chancellor’s Aug. 16 forum now virtual
Jane Meza, PhD, and Mark Rupp, MD, will join Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, for Zoom presentation.
Aug 11, 2021
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GoldAOneicon.jpg)
Grant to increase COVID-19 testing availability
UNMC, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center awarded NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy.
Aug 9, 2021
![Russell McCulloh, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/McCulloh080421.jpg)
Cloth masks available for new faculty, staff and students.
Aug 9, 2021
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Chancellor’s forum set for Aug. 16
Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security, and Mark Rupp, MD, chief of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, will join Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.
Aug 6, 2021
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GoldAOneicon.jpg)
UNMC, iEXCEL offer new look at Delta variant
James Lawler, MD, unveiled new video animation explaining how Delta variant attacks healthy cells and why COVID vaccines are the best defense.
Aug 6, 2021
![James Lawler, MD, uses video animation developed at UNMC's Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning to show how the COVID-19 Delta variant attacks cells and affects patients' lungs.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lungs080621.jpg)