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  Lincoln –  The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Divisions of Behavioral Health and Public Health have received the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s 988 State Planning Grant through Vibrant Emotional Health, the nonprofit administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.   In July 2022, 988 will become the national three-digit dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, replacing the current phone number of 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Any...

BY Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services | February 3, 2021 Courtesy/Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services Facebook live post -- (L-R) Dr. Tom Safranek, Dr. Gary Anthone. Lincoln – Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Chief Executive Officer Dannette R. Smith and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gary Anthone are announcing that Dr. Tom Safranek, currently a...

Nebraska City News-Press The latest statewide total of COVID-19 cases is 183,318 as of Jan. 19. There have been 59 COVID-19-related deaths in Nebraska reported in the last seven days, for a total of 1,850. To date, a total of 127,221 Nebraskans testing positive for COVID-19 have recovered. While still elevated, COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to come down, with Nebraska hospitals caring for an average of 444 COVID-19 patients a day over the last seven days. Averages in prior weeks were 481, ...

Tens of thousands of residents in Lancaster County have registered to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but many still have unanswered questions about the vaccine and whether or not they should get it. On a Facebook Live session, Dr. Gary Anthone of Nebraska Health and Human Services said the vaccine can play a key role in helping communities progress towards a...

Compared to recent weeks' numbers, Nebraska is going down in case numbers

Achieving the needed level of herd immunity will be crucial in 2021 if Nebraska is to succeed in ending the virus threat. Nebraska would grievously undercut that effort if the state denied vaccinations to noncitizens, who are as vulnerable to COVID as anyone else. Limiting vaccinations would put all Nebraska communities at risk, given how 2020 demonstrated the virus’s ability to spread to communities large and small. It’s encouraging that the Ricketts administration has clarified this situa...

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is requiring that students who will live on campus for the spring 2021 semester must be tested for coronavirus, officials said. The tests must happen within seven days of their arrival, no later than Jan. 19. The spring semester will begin Jan. 13. The university will offer free testing, or students can choose to get tested before returning to Tuscaloosa. Test results are expected to be provided within 24 hour...

3 months ago in Local Photo: WNAX Chief Medical Officer Dr Gary Anthone says the variant makes the virus easier to catch… Anthone says the mutations doesn’t cause more serious reactions.. Anthone says people still need to take all the virus precautions… Anthone says with the variant being detected in Colorado, it’s only a matter of time before it’s found in Nebraska. Tags: Recent Headlines

KLKN-TV Pfizer vaccine to work against new strains A new study shows that the Pfizer vaccine is likely to protect against new strains as well January 8, 2021 4:40 am In a study that hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet, researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch and Pfizer have concluded that the vaccine seems to work against one of the mutations that makes the variants distinct. The researchers used a mutation found in the U.K. and South Africa strains to create a version of the virus....

LINCOLN – During a briefing at the State Capitol this morning, Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services delivered a briefing on the new strain of coronavirus recently discovered in the United Kingdom (UK). Gov. Ricketts: New U.K. Virus Strain In recent weeks, you’ve probably been reading and hearing about a [...]