Epidemiology
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
![Jennie Hill, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hill021420.jpg)
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
![Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Goldpreferred0823.jpg)
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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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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Hearing on med center’s NExT initiative set for Feb. 6
Chancellor calls project a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity.
Feb 3, 2020
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Med center leaders monitor coronavirus developments
A public question-and-answer page has been added to Nebraska Medicine’s website.
Jan 30, 2020
![From left, James Lawler, M.D., co-director of the Global Center for Health Security, Angela Hewlett, M.D., medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, and Mark Rupp, M.D., chief of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, spoke last week to the press about the Wuhan coronavirus.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Coronavirus.jpg)
Training, Simulation & Quarantine Center now open at med center
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Training, Simulation, Quarantine Center (TSQC) builds on med center tradition of biopreparedness.
Jan 29, 2020
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