Press Release

New allergy, immunology fellowship approved to meet growing demand

Demand for the specialty is high, the fellowship will help alleviate a shortage of physicians trained in this specialty

Apr 8, 2021

Clinical trial to test if COVID-19 vaccine prevents infection, spread

Study expects to enroll more than 12,000 students ages 18-26 across the U.S.

Apr 6, 2021

NETEC helps develop strategy for National Special Pathogen System of Care

NETEC is a consortium of the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine; Emory University; and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. It is funded by ASPR and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Apr 2, 2021

UNMC, international team study first Ebola relapse case to cause more infections

Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Apr 2, 2021

U.S. News & World Report ranks UNMC primary care, rural practice in top 10

Data for the rankings came from a variety of sources including statistical surveys, reputation surveys, academic experts’ ratings and peer assessment data.

Mar 30, 2021

118 UNMC senior medical students receive residency assignments

Forty-three percent of UNMC students are staying in Nebraska for their training, and 58 percent matched in primary care

Mar 19, 2021

Haley Mathews (far right) with and her physician grandfather, father and mother. When Mathews graduates in May, she will be a third generation physican.

UNMC app is first to show what glaucoma patients see

Dr. Deepta Ghate collaborated with UNO students to develop the app, then studied it in glaucoma patients.

Mar 5, 2021

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine name new chief of surgical oncology

Dr. Mammen began his new role at the medical center on March 1.

Mar 4, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine trials to start in pregnant women, children

UNMC, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, will lead two COVID-19 vaccine trials sponsored by Pfizer.

Mar 1, 2021

New study highlights lack of diversity, equity in vaccine clinical trials

The study is published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open

Feb 19, 2021