Patient Care
Direct patient care by medical students suspended
UNMC College of Medicine has ceased all medical student participation in clinical activities until at least the end of the month.
Mar 18, 2020

Doctor at Bellevue Medical Center receives presumptive COVID-19 positive test
All patients/staff have been contacted and appropriate precautions taken
Mar 17, 2020

First Omahan with coronavirus transferred to Nebraska Biocontainment Unit
Person traveled to area with active cases of coronavirus
Mar 6, 2020

Biocompatible foam could aid wound treatment
Researchers Jingwei Xie, Ph.D., and Mark Carlson, M.D., are funded by a Department of Defense grant.
Mar 6, 2020

Four depart National Quarantine Unit
Two previously tested positive, two others were negative throughout
Mar 2, 2020

Second person with positive coronavirus test coming to UNMC/Nebraska Medicine
Brings total being monitored to 15
Feb 25, 2020

Additional person with positive coronavirus test coming to med center
Will likely be transferred to National Quarantine Unit
Feb 24, 2020

Coronavirus test results verified by CDC
11 of 13 people at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine test positive
Feb 21, 2020


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
