Health Security

UNMC Researchers Conduct Study of Transmission Potential of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers Include: Joshua L. Santarpia, Danielle N. Rivera, Vicki Herrera, M. Jane Morwitzer, Hannah Creager, George W. Santarpia, Kevin K. Crown, David M. Brett-Major, Elizabeth Schnaubelt, M. Jana Broadhurst, James V. Lawler, St. Patrick Reid, and John J. Lowe Determining the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 is imperative to minimizing the spread of the disease. Information […]

May 19, 2020

COVID-19 app now available to iOS and Android users

The app now is available on Google Play.

May 18, 2020

Mitigating COVID-19 Risks at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

Laguna Hospital & Rehabilitation Center faces risks of COVID-19 outbreak.

May 18, 2020

GCHS Consults with Nebraska Meatpacking Plants

GCHS Team toured 13 facilities across state to develop ‘playbook.’

May 13, 2020

GCHS Team visiting meatpacking plant, starting second from left: Dr. Jocelyn Herstein, Dr. Ali Khan, and Shelly Schwedhelm.

1-CHECK COVID App Available for Apple and Android Users

UNMC develops COVID app.

May 13, 2020

University develops pandemic recovery guide for higher ed institutions

Higher Education COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Guide will be available to institutions across the country.

May 11, 2020

Ted Carter, president of the University of Nebraska

UNMC-developed model assists in re-opening strategy

Pandemic Recovery Acceleration Model is designed to assist leaders in assessing regional and statewide COVID situation.

May 7, 2020

Six locations across Nebraska now decontaminating PPE

Method developed at UNMC combats a shortage of one-use N95 respirators.

May 1, 2020

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine developed a safe and effective method to use ultraviolet light to decontaminate N95 respirators.

UNMC experts develop COVID-19 guidelines for meat processing facilities

Team toured 10 facilities across state to develop ‘playbook.’

May 1, 2020

From left, Jocelyn Herstein, Ph.D., infectious disease expert for the Global Center for Health Security, and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director of emergency management and biopreparedness for Nebraska Medicine and executive director of emergency management for the Global Center for Health Security at UNMC, was part of a team of experts that toured 10 meatpacking plants over the past two weeks to provide technical assistance and further develop guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 while the facilities continue to operate.

Giving Tuesday Now comes at important time for UNMC

Annual “day of giving” now is set for May 5.

Apr 30, 2020

The Durham Research Center