FREMONT – Three Rivers Public Health Department is in the process of collecting feedback on vaccine hesitancy within the health district.
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The case, which was diagnosed in a man in his 30s, is the fourth so far reported in Nebraska.
The Douglas County Health Department announced Friday that it had identified a third suspected case of monkeypox.
With monkeypox cases on the rise in Europe, Canada and the U.S., Nebraska health experts warned residents and health care providers to be on the lookout for the virus and the rash it typically causes.
FREMONT – Three Rivers Public Health Department is in the process of collecting feedback on vaccine hesitancy within the health district.
The move to re-up mask mandates at two Lincoln schools comes after 10 COVID-19 cases at Eastridge Elementary and 11 at Zeman Elementary.
The mandate, which was reinstated Jan. 14 as the omicron variant wreaked havoc on local hospitals, will end Friday night, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Director Pat Lopez announced.
The BA.2 variant, which some have dubbed the “stealth” variant, was identified in December during an outbreak in Denmark, according to the Douglas County Health Department. It also has been identified in India and the United Kingdom.
Lancaster County has seen more than 5,000 cases in less than two weeks, leading to further strain on hospitals.
FREMONT – Three Rivers Public Health Department has started offering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at all of …
FREMONT – Three Rivers Public Health Department will be offering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine starting this week.
LINCOLN – The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today reported the death of a man in his 80s due to West Nile virus. This is …
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Statistics released this week by Erie County show rapidly growing case numbers for four straight weeks, as well as rising hospitalizations since the end of July.
Although the Epsilon variant is included on the Illinois health department’s website, a spokeswoman said it would be soon taken off the “variants of concern” list as it is not considered one by the CDC. The CDC lists the Epsilon variant, which includes multiple mutations, as a variant of interest.
The 200-bed Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, which has an overall one-star rating, has had 18 residents die of Covid-19 in the facility.
“Reporting the death counts out day after day was draining,” she said. “It felt like I was announcing a funeral every day.”
LINCOLN – After barriers for local public health departments came to light during COVID-19, State Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha brought a bill tha…
FREMONT – Three Rivers Public Health Department has added three more pharmacies to the list of vaccination sites in the three-county jurisdiction.
FREMONT – Three Rivers Public Health Department has added three more pharmacies to the list of vaccination sites in the three-county jurisdiction.
The CDC says that anyone who is fully vaccinated should continue to take these precautions when in public, when visiting with unvaccinated people from multiple other households, and when around unvaccinated people who are at high risk of getting severely ill from COVID-19:
WAHOO – As of Monday, nearly 450 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in the Three Rivers Public Health Department district, which includ…
WAHOO – As of Monday, nearly 450 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in the Three Rivers Public Health Department district, which includ…
Two dozen Buffalo area restaurants submitted court affidavits this week detailing more than $10 million in financial losses for 2020 and 856 job cuts since March.
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