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Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 2:30 AM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW
Hy-vee announced Friday they will begin offering Moderna and Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine booster shots after the FDA and CDC recommended them for approval Thursday.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 9:27 AM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts announced Thursday that he is ending a Directed Health Measure that had temporarily suspended elective surgeries.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 8:36 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
Positivity is down to below 8 percent in the four-county district.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 1:46 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Attorney General Doug Peterson released a legal opinion regarding disciplinary action over the prescription and use of controversial, off-label COVID-19 treatments.
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Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 2:38 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed an executive order that will let drug counselors, physical therapists and other health professionals practice in their field even if they aren’t licensed in Nebraska.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The Central District saw 205 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 7 days.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 7:53 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The drop in COVID-19 cases continues in the South Heartland District Health Department.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The governor’s office confirmed Tuesday that Lt. Gov. Mike Foley has tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 8:19 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
South Heartland Health updates COVID-19 and vaccination numbers.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 10:33 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The Delta variant is highly contagious and easily spread person-to-person.
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Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW
The DHM suspends elective surgeries that can wait four weeks or longer without substantially changing a patient’s outcome.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
These deaths were not previously included in reporting by Two Rivers Public Health Department.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 9:25 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
SHDHD’s vaccine webpage includes a list of locations offering vaccine in the South Heartland District and which vaccine products are offered at each site.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 11:47 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen has tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, one day before he was scheduled to announce his re-election bid.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
Almost a quarter of total COVID cases recorded in the city of Kearney in this year were recorded in September.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 11:24 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The next community update will be no later than October 25, 2021.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 11:07 AM CDT
|By Ashly Richardson
CHI Health will deliver an address over questions and concerns for the upcoming flu season during the coronavirus pandemic as people become confused with symptoms and treatment options.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha Police arrested an international flight passenger at Eppley Airfield who caused a disturbance when asked to comply with COVID-19 rules.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW and Madison Pitsch
Governor Pete Ricketts announced on Monday that Nebraska’s COVID-19 Dashboard is coming back. This follows the state’s hospital capacity going above 10%.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 11:57 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
COVID cases were on the rise in the Two Rivers Health district.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 4:06 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
As of September 15, 2021, there have been 125 COVID-related deaths in the Two Rivers health district.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
This advisory will be in effect through the end of September and may be extended, if transmission remains high.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 7:53 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
South Heartland Health reports that 35 percent of positive cases were people aged 20-39.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The number of new COVID-19 cases leveled off in Nebraska last week, but experts say cases will likely continue to rise in the weeks ahead.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 2:04 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced on Tuesday that students, faculty, staff and visitors will be required to wear masks inside all classrooms and labs.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Mark Baumert
Starting Wednesday, Hastings Public schools will base its mask policy on absence rates on a building-by-building basis.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The health department is reporting 340 cases of COVID-19 within its seven-county district between September 1 to September 7.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Tara Campbell
A new COVID-19 variant is making its way across the U.S., but Nebraska is the only state yet to report a case of the mu variant.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
SHDHD Executive Director Michele Bever reported Tuesday evening that COVID-19 positive case reports more than doubled last week compared to the previous week.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
Kearney Public Schools has temporarily suspended a masking mandate for PK-12 students and staff, which was originally scheduled to begin Sept. 7.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 2:57 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
All visitors/individuals entering the building will be screened at the north entrance of the hospital.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By University Communications
Self-reported vaccination rates show that the majority of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln community has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:13 AM CDT
|By Amber Little
Governor Pete Ricketts announced a transfer center will be established to move patients to other Nebraska hospitals easier.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
Starting Thursday, all students, staff and visitors must wear a mask inside Hastings Public School buildings and buses.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 7:34 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
South Heartland Health says 62 cases were confirmed in the week ending August 28th in the four-county area.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 12:05 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The number of COVID-19 cases in Nebraska has increased in each of the past ten weeks, and the total nearly doubled over the past two weeks as the highly contagious delta variant of the virus continues to spread.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
As of Aug 24, 41% of TRPHD’s total population and 52% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated across the district.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Amber Little
The past couple weeks, hospital administrators, doctors and nurses in Nebraska have sounded the alarm on capacity and staffing issues they are experiencing due to the latest surge of COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 7:40 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
South Heartland Health says cases are up 40 percent from the previous week.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 4:49 PM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced that they will be requiring face coverings for all students and staff starting Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 1:48 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Medicine and CHI Health applauded the FDA’s approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 9:23 AM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
The daycare will be closed until at least September 2.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 8:01 PM CDT
|By Spencer Schubert
Masks will be required for for all elementary schools in Hastings starting Monday.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 12:19 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
Staff will continue to monitor the situation closely and reporting may again increase depending on the level of risk.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 12:00 PM CDT
|By Amber Little
Governor Pete Ricketts said he encourages people to get the vaccine but is against government mandates.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Alicia Naspretto
UNK to recommend, not require, masks and vaccines.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW
Ninety-eight percent of COVID-19 deaths in Nebraska this year are people who weren’t fully vaccinated.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 3:36 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
CDHD will be offering third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the general public beginning the week of September 20.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By KSNB Local4
Principal Jordan Engle said it was a difficult decision made by the school board and administration.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 2:28 PM CDT
|By 10/11 NOW
Steps have been taken to isolate 33 inmates at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, who have recently tested positive for COVID-19.