The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have expanded the recommendations for booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine to now include all adults ages 18 years and older. The decision to […]

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) continues to receive reports of high numbers of individuals hospitalized across the state for respiratory illnesses including COVID-19. According to Dr. Matt Donahue, Nebraska State Epidemiologist, these hospitalizations are […]

Community Hospital, along with nine other Nebraska hospitals and hospitals from nine other states, drafted, signed and filed a declaration with a Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri last week.   This […]

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is seeing COVID-19 case numbers on the rise again over the past two weeks. Local clinics are also seeing high rates of influenza and other respiratory illnesses like RSV. […]