Press Releases

  • 1.11.12 - Douglas County Health Department Reports Season’s First Flu Death
  • 1.11.12 - Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Personnel
  • 11.10.11 - First Flu Case Reported to DHHS
  • 10.6.11 - Flu Vaccination Urged for Everyone Over Six Months
  • 9.28.11 - South Dakota reports first influenza case
  • 9.23.11 - Nebraska has First Death From Listeria Outbreak
  • 9.20.11 - Four Listeria Cases in Nebraska Appearto be Associated with Colorado-grown Cantaloupe
  • 9.19.11 - Safe Kids Nebraska Gives Parents 5 Tips For Using Car Seats
  • 8.15.11 - No State Lakes on Alert for Toxic Blue-Green Algae
  • 3.7.11 - Nebraska Students K-12 Will Need Second Chickenpox Shot for 2011-2012 School Year
  • 1.5.11 - Nebraska Has High Levels of Radon in Homes
  • 10.28.10 - Tips to Keep Your Trick-or-Treaters Safe on Halloween
  • 10.18.10 - On the Lookout for Flu
  • 9.14.10 - Health Department, Humane Society: Bat Watch Begins
  • 9.9.10 - “Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite”
  • 8.25.10 - School’s in Session: Time to Check for Head Lice
  • 8.25.10 - West Nile Virus: Case Update
  • 8.2.10 - FDA Approves Vaccines for the 2010-2011 Influenza Season
  • 8.2.10 - West Nile Virus: First Cases Reported
  • 7.23.10 - Guidance on Dealing with Mold Wet, humid conditions can lead to mold growth
  • 7.20.10 - Health Alert Ends at Johnson Lake; Alert Continues At Red Willow Reservoir
  • 7.20.10 - Nebraska 7th Graders Need Proof of Whooping Cough Booster Shot This School Year
  • 7.13.10 - Health Department Warns of Campylobacter Increase
  • 7.13.10 - Health Alert Issued for Johnson Lake; Alert Continues At Swan Creek Lake 5A
  • 7.13.10 - Health Alert Issued for Red Willow Reservoir; Alert Continues At Johnson Lake
  • 7.13.10 - Summer is Here and So is Toxic Algae
  • 6.1.10 - Healthcare Professionals Warned Not To Use Certain Intravenous Metronidazole, Ondansetron, and Ciprofloxacin Due To Potential Contamination
  • 5.26.10 - Take Care to Avoid Water Illness
  • 4.12.10 - Influenza Update: Epidemiology & Vaccine Guidance
  • 1.11.10 - CDC Urges Continued Influenza Vaccination as Supplies of 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Increase
  • 1.11.10 - Get Vaccinated Against H1N1 - For Yourself, For Your Family It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week
  • 1.11.10 - Radon is Leading Cause of Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers - Governor Proclaims January as Radon Action Month
  • 7.7.09 - First Wave of Swine Flu Requires New Public Health Strategy
  • 7.7.09 - Propoxyphene Questions and Answers
  • 7.7.09 - Ongoing Safety Review of Arthroscopic Shavers
  • 6.26.09 - Practice Summer Safety This Fourth of July
  • 6.5.09 - USDA Summer Food Program Offers Free Breakfast and Lunch
  • 6.2.09 - Dead Bird Collection and Mosquito Trapping Begin; Public Should Take Precautions Against Mosquitoes
  • 5.29.09 - Friends and Family Make All the Difference for People with Mental Illness
  • 5.29.09 - Smoking Complaints
  • 5.28.09 - Old Paper Food Stamp Coupons are No Good After June 17, 2009
  • 5.28.09 - Feds Alert Police To Aspirin Samples In Mail
  • 5.27.09 - CDC Guidance on Antiviral Treatment of Patients with Confirmed, Probable, or Suspected Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1)
  • 5.27.09 - Flu Update Summary of First Month
  • 5.27.09 - New and Updated CDC Guidance Related to Novel H1N1 Flu
  • 5.26.09 - World No Tobacco Day is May 31, “Smoke-Free” Is Nebraska Law on June 1
  • 5.22.09 - Nebraska Becomes Smoke-Free on June 1
  • 5.11.09 - Nebraska Going Smoke-free June 1 What that means for businesses
  • 5.5.09 - DHHS Media Notice
  • 5.5.09 - Hand Hygiene as Flu Protective Measure


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