Health/Medical

The City of Omaha is hosting a Gas Can Exchange Event on Wednesday at Tranquility Park. 

A UNMC team led by Dr. Howard Gendelman, has developed long-acting nanomedicines for treating the HIV infection.

A survey of Nebraska teens’ behaviors and activities shows fewer are smoking or drinking.

Building Bright Futures plans to add a school-based health center at Bryan High School.

It’ll be the second facility located in an OPS high school, and the eighth school-based health center. Jeanee Weiss, Director of Healthy Futures for Building Bright Futures, says the seven existing sites served 4,300 children and families last school year. In addition to medical care, staff at the health centers can provide referrals and help families get enrolled in programs such as Medicaid.

A new biobank at UNMC will allow researchers access to a larger number of blood samples that aren't specific to any one disease. Dr. Jennifer Larsen, vice chancellor for research, says a biobank holds biologic samples to be used in future research. 

Currently, UNMC has several condition-specific biobanks. But this new biobank would contain blood samples obtained from individuals when they go to the doctor for a routine visit.