UNO to require, provide masks this fall

In some metro school districts, students will be back in the classroom for traditional instruction. But the school environment will be anything but traditional with mask requirements and social distancing guidelines enforced. Dr. Sharon Stoolman, a pediatric hospitalist in Omaha, says students and their families should be preparing and practicing right now to make their transition into the new year as smooth as possible.

Westside Community Schools is planning to institute status levels for its students and ask families to screen students' temperatures as it returns to a full-day Monday-Friday school year.

Omaha Public Schools has released the results of a survey it sent out to families on Wednesday, June 17.

Iowa school officials have released guidelines that allow schools to reopen to normal activities as of July 1 without health checks before entering the building, no required face coverings, and no required social distancing.

Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Thursday afternoon during his update on the state's COVID-19 response that Nebraska National Guard would begin withdrawing from their support role with Test Nebraska.

Nebraska's daily numbers have been trending downward, but some CHI Health experts are worried about a possible spike in just a matter of weeks.

Dr. Brian Boer has been treating a number of COVID-19 patients at Nebraska Medicine during the pandemic. On Wednesday afternoon, 6 News welcomed Dr. Boer for an interactive conversation with our viewers about COVID-19.

Within weeks of Gov. Kim Reynolds agreeing to allow bars and restaurants to open to customers, Iowa’s two major college towns are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases among young adults.

Here is a summary of new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported Monday by health officials across Nebraska & Iowa.

Here is a summary of new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported Sunday by health officials across Nebraska & Iowa.