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A bill to expand a juvenile-justice pilot program throughout Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers. The expans...
National Walk at Lunch Day is aiding Nebraska's trails. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is contributing $20 to...
Lincoln's Novartis Pharmaceuticals Plant will lose 300 jobs over the next two years. The company announced the cutback to...
Nebraska Lawmakers are having to cut services or make up another $8 million less in federal Medicaid funding. This comes ...
The four Lincoln Rotary Clubs presented their annual "Salute to Business" Award to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital t...
A group of conservative Nebraska lawmakers are trying to derail a proposal to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults. Stat...
Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on a measure that would let doctors provide prescription antibiotics to sexual partner...
Nebraska lawmakers began debating a proposal to expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care law. Sen. Kathy Campbell i...
Monday is Tax Day, a day off for state lawmakers, but Tuesday when they come back to Lincoln, they'll have money on their...
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has found no evidence of research misconduct after questions were raised about data...
Nebraska lawmakers have granted first-round approval to a measure that would give housing assistance to youths aging out of f...
Lincoln Senator Amanda McGill's legislation, known as the Young Adult Voluntary Services and Support Act, would create a ...
Owners of livestock that are seized in abuse or neglect cases could be ordered to pay for the care of their animals, under a ...
Lawmakers have passed new insurance requirements for licensed child care providers in Nebraska. Child care services would hav...
Nebraskalawmakers continue to debate a controversial measure that would allow doctors to prescribe antibiotics to partners of...
Sexual partners of patients who are diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea could receive prescription antibiotics without a me...
The Department of Health and Human Services is asking lawmakers for an additional $2.1 million to help pay telephone-serv...
A Nebraska lawmaker is set to present his bill that would repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants. ...
A long-shot attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants is drawing criticism from a variety ...
A long-shot attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants is drawing criticism from a variety ...
KFOR and the Legacy Retirement Communities presented the Jerry Joyce Living Legacy Award to Terry Gillespie of Lincoln Thursd...
A legislative committee has set the stage for a battle over Medicaid. The bill expands eligibility to people with incomes up ...
It matters where your kids grow up. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Bowling Green State University foun...
Lancaster County Commissioners are considering a proposed set of changes in the requirements for the county's general ass...
What if a school was designed to reduce obesity and foster student health ??? It's already happening. University of Nebra...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is holding firm in his opposition to a proposed Medicaid expansion that could come as a result of...
A member of the legislature wants voters to hand the Legislature the power to authorize casino gambling. Sen. Paul Schumacher...
The state's deputy chief medical officer has been promoted to become the chief officer and the director of the Division o...
It appears that the body found yesterday (Thursday) afternoon under an I-180 bridge south of Sun Valley Boulevard had been th...
Nebraska lawmakers have set a hearing date for a proposal to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care law....
Disabled veterans who live in Nebraska would receive a preference when competing for state contracts, under a bill presented ...
Mayor Chris Beutler and a group of local health care executives have thrown their support behind an expansion of Nebraska'...
Nebraska’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joann Schaefer is leaving that post. She will become a Vice President for Blue Cr...
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday approved the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior.CB-3, as it's b...
Lobbyist, Justin Brady, told the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee it would be between $200 and $...
Doctors who treat newborns are urging Nebraska lawmakers to support a bill that would require congenital heart screenings as ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care...
Don't be scared into paying a late electricity bill that isn't yours. The Lincoln Electric System has heard about a s...
The 2013 legislative session starts Wednesday. York SenatorGreg Adams, who is running unopposed for speaker, says he expects ...
Thursday at noon, Governor Heineman lead a group on a 30-minute walk around the Captiol. He was joined by Nebraska's Chie...
State regulators have revoked the licenses of an Omaha mental health practitioner who collected nearly $66,000 in Medicai...
Nebraska is getting settlement money from a multi-state agreement with 4 major tobacco companies involving a 10-year dispute ...
Nebraska comes in 15th in overall health because of our high immunization rate, low high school drop-out rate, fewer smokers ...
Creighton guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out before a game agai...
Nebraska will see a cut in federal Medicaid funding in the upcoming state budget, which will force lawmakers to make up the d...
The University of Nebraska Medical Center received the green light to move ahead with a new comprehensive cancer center today...
University of Nebraska researchers are preparing for a study which could help more smokers quit their habit. The study will e...
There are an estimated 55,000 Nebraskans with gambling problems. The Department of Health and Human Services is launching a n...
Water worries have affected two communities on opposite sides of the state. People in Ceresco boiled their water over the wee...
There’s a big difference of opinion this morning (Friday). Governor Heineman is enrolling Nebraska in a federally run h...
Governor Dave Heineman has chosen to enroll Nebraska in a federally run health exchange program, saying a state-based option ...
Looking for a new career? Go into nursing. The Dean of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center reports that the ...
The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will lay off 38 workers by the end of the year and won't fill vacant positions as it...
Officials say the 2012 Cattlemen's Ball in McCool Junction raised more than $1.4 million for the Eppley Cancer Center...
Nebraska's troubled effort to privatize its child welfare services could cost the state $3.2 million in federal money...
A child advocacy group is asking Nebraska lawmakers to extend state services to youths who are pushed out of foster care beca...
Whose rights come first? The handicapped, or big donors to the Husker Football Program. A federal court will decide. The laws...
Omaha Senator Jeremy Nordquist wants to shut the governor and other officials out of the state employee health plan. Nordquis...
The Flu is here and it’s ahead of schedule according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). La...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has chosen former Republican Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to lead an advisory committee for 50...
Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and connect them with jobs....
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and co...
Nebraska answered the first of many deadlines in the countdown to Obama Care Monday. Governor Dave Heineman submitted what he...
An autopsy is planned today (Monday) on the body of a 16 year old Fremont boy found dead in a wooded area 2 days after being ...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln plans to privatize its health center operations, a plan being closely watched by universit...
An unsettling web site, UN-L Haters, publishes students’ offensive Twitter and Facebook posts. Chinese student, Bin Li,...
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - The body of man found in a western Nebraska reservoir has been confirmed as that of a missing North...
Nebraska state Sen. John Wightman has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his home in Lexington Sunday afternoon. H...
Nebraska's program to improve employee health is gaining national recognition. Nebraska was one of two winners of the 201...
University of Nebraska officials are defending their fundraising for a $370 million cancer center in the wake of criticis...
Beef Products Inc. has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News for its coverage of a meat product that critics dubbed &qu...
Top administrators from the University of Nebraska Medical Center are expected to brief the university's Board of Regents...
Debate number three has been scheduled for Nebraska's Senate candidates. Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republican Deb Fischer h...
Gov. Dave Heineman says Nebraska will host a series of informal public meetings to collect input on the state's effort to...
A man who believes he contracted hepatitis C from a traveling medical technician in New Hampshire is suing a Nebraska-based h...
Nebraska high school students are on their ways to healthier living. Nebraska's 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey shows t...
A big change for the Nebraska Community Blood Bank...it's merging with the Blood Bank of Saint Paul Minnesota. They are c...
The director of Nebraska's insurance department is trying to assure lawmakers that the state has made progress in its eff...
Billionaire Warren Buffett says President Barack Obama's health care reforms are a positive step, but more must be done t...
The University of Nebraska Foundation has named an executive at Ohio State University as its new president and chief executiv...
The watchdog agency which monitors Nebraska's foster care cases has changed. The new Foster Care Review Office has replac...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman predicts that The affordable care act will continue to increase the cost of health care. The ...
Republicans in at least three states want to abandon an expansion of Medicaid in President Barack Obama's health care ove...
The Supreme Court has upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul -- ruling in favor of the require...
After being detained for nearly 14 days in his homeland of China, UNL professor Weixing Li is back in the United States. UNL ...
The federal Food and Drug Administration has taken Nebraska's suggestion to appeal a federal judge's ruling against i...
The Nebraska Air National Guard will conduct a flying salute to the state's fallen veterans on Memorial Day. The 155th Ai...
A gorilla injured in a fight at the Omaha zoo has returned to his home. Motuba, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla better known...
The president of a bankrupt dental chain that abruptly closed offices in 13 states last year has surrendered his license to p...
Nebraska will receive nearly $5 million from Abbott Laboratories to settle concerns that it improperly marketed its anti-...
A new report by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shows an ongoing health disparity between minority women...
Fans of the tea party can see the organization's national touring road show entitled the Tea Party Express here in Nebras...
A month-old giraffe calf at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has died. A zoo news release says the female giraffe born on March 2...