‘Public Health Thank You Day’ in Nebraska
OMAHA – Without disagreeing, during the pandemic health workers have worked in the middle of exhaustion and exasperation. The Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors identifies November 22 as Public Health Thank You Day.
Road to Omaha – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Omaha, NE – On today’s episode of “Road to Omaha,” KVNO’s Brandon McDermott spoke with Oral Roberts head coach Ryan Folmar.
“Falletta Conducts ‘Pines of Rome'”
Omaha, NE—Omaha Symphony welcomes guest conductor Maestra JoAnn Falletta, and guest violinist, Blake Pouliot, for a performance this weekend in homage to Rome. Maestra Falletta, the only female conductor of a top 40 orchestra, will lead the orchestra in the works of Berlioz and Respighi.
Floods, Rainfall Bring Abundance of Mosquitoes to Nebraska This Summer
By Emily White
After a spring marked with flooding and heavy rainfall, Nebraska is seeing a higher than usual population of mosquitoes, though no cases of West Nile virus have been reported as of yet.
Read MoreUNMC Earns Record Amount for Research
By Ryan Robertson
The $115.1 million will be used to fund a wide range of research projects, from how to care for people with Ebola, to ways to treat and prevent staph infections, even new ways of treating cancer.
Read MoreIntegrated Behavioral Health
By Grant Gerlock
Making mental health part of physical wellness is the goal of a groups of behavioral health providers in western Nebraska. They’re reaching out to patients at rural medical clinics to provide close to home.
Read MoreHealth care restructuring focuses on prevention
By Fred Knapp
In communities across Nebraska, there’s an increasing emphasis in health care on prevention rather than cure. One clinic in Lexington is trying to save money and increase wellness.
Read MoreYoung and Overweight: An Omaha school battles youth obesity
By Mike Tobias
Omaha, NE – In Nebraska and throughout the country, schools have become the frontline in the battle against youth obesity.
Read MoreSmoking key to closing racial gap in lung cancer in Nebraska
By Grant Gerlock
Lincoln, NE – Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in Nebraska and across the country, and it affects blacks at a higher rate than whites.
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