Health Security

Omaha City Council passes mask mandate

UNMC, Nebraska Medicine experts testify at council meeting.

Aug 12, 2020

Back-to-school guide designed to help parents

Med center experts offer tips for coming school year.

Aug 10, 2020

New course on pandemic highlights global leadership

Five-week course is a collaboration between UNMC and UNL.

Aug 3, 2020

Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, will take part in the event.

UNMC’s Recovery Implementation Plan available online

Plan will enable a safe return to campus this fall.

Jul 27, 2020

Ted Cieslak, MD

Chancellor speaks about effects of budget during forum

Through hard decisions, medical/emotional safety and wellness of med center family is guiding principle.

Jul 23, 2020

Jeffrey Gold, MD, chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, left, and Doug Ewald, vice chancellor for business, finance and business development, participate in an all-campus virtual forum from the chancellor's conference room on Wednesday, July 22

UNMC doc among experts to review reopening plans for cruise industry

Steve Hinrichs, MD, joins the Healthy Sail Panel.

Jul 17, 2020

Steve Hinrichs, MD,

Our COVID-19 response: A video timeline

Looking back at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine’s role in the pandemic response.

Jul 16, 2020

GCHS Hosts Pilot NDMS EMS Training Workshop

The Global Center for Health Security (GCHS) serves as a lead training institution for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), and while the COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily delayed regularly-scheduled workshops, a pilot workshop for a new program was led yesterday by the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) with assistance from the GCHS. The EMS Infectious […]

Jul 13, 2020

Marty Sikes, NSRI, and Morgan Shradar, UNMC/NM, practice hand hygiene while donning PAPR

UNMC COVID-19 Meat Processing Playbook Goes “Global”

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s collaborative creation of COVID-19 Playbooks for specific industries such as meat processing facilities has crossed international borders.

Jul 13, 2020

In the Business of Helping People: Engineering Inventions and National Defense

Benjamin Terry received an engineering master’s degree from Colorado School of Mines, then he applied for jobs in the business sector: automotive and medical devices. He landed for nine years in the medical industry, developing electronic mechanical devices, such as dialysis machines – even though he had no knowledge of biomedicine.

Jul 13, 2020