How does it affect your body? Can it have long-term affects? We talked to one of our critical care specialists, Heather Strah, MD, to answer these questions and to help us paint a picture of what it’s like to be a coronavirus patient.

Nebraska Medicine/UNMC infectious diseases specialist Mark Rupp, MD, provides an update on what we know about the novel coronavirus which originated in Wuhan, China.

Deadly drug-resistant superbugs have always been a major concern for the health care industry.

If you are planning to travel overseas, don’t let illness spoil your trip. One of the things that people often forget to do until the last minute, is making sure they are up-to-date on recommended vaccines. Learn more about what vaccines you need and other travel tips to keep you and your family healthy and safe.

Omaha, Neb – An American providing medical assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently experienced a possible exposure to the Ebola virus and is in Omaha for monitoring.

Mark Rupp, MD and Kari Simonsen, MD discuss Acute Flaccid Myelitis, a disease affecting children by causing polio-like symptoms in a small number of kids nationwide.

In response to the second outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this year, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Nebraska Medicine sent a team of infectious diseases experts to the East African nation of Uganda to help prevent the spread of the deadly disease.

To learn more about the telemedicine technology being used inside the Biocontainment Unit, including videoconferencing and wireless X-rays, read this article in National Geographic.