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Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 9:41 AM CST
|By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Americans have been reluctant to get the updated boosters rolled out by Pfizer and rival Moderna, doses tweaked to target the BA.5 omicron strain that until recently was the most common type.
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Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 1:28 PM CST
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 6:13 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 1:14 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 2:44 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The expert panel’s decisions are almost always adopted by the CDC director and then sent to doctors as part of the government’s advice on how to prevent disease.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 2:11 PM CDT
|By CNN Newsource staff
As funding for pandemic response dries up, it is likely future coronavirus vaccinations will be lumped together with other shots required for children.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta
With the FDA and CDC’s new guidance, kids aged 5-11 can get the bivalent booster.
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Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 3:09 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The FDA specified the additional Novavax shot was to be used as a first booster -- not for people who’ve already had one or more booster doses already — at least six months after completing their primary shots.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 6:00 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 2:49 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Officials hope to expand protection against an expected winter surge.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 3:12 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 7:55 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 1:18 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The state announced Thursday that it will hold a hearing next week to welcome public comment on plans to reallocate CARES Act funds.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 3:17 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:16 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 7:36 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 4:19 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 6:32 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 4:59 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta
While experts don’t know when a new variant would pop up, they say you should expect it. And expect more strain-specific boosters as well.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta
She went from climbing mountains and saving lives to losing her breath while walking her dog. She’s a COVID long-hauler.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By John Chapman
Updated COVID-19 boosters are now available and there are many questions surrounding the better shot formulated to better protect against variants of the virus.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 12:08 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta
Hours after the CDC gave final approval to the bivalent COVID-19 vaccination formulas from Pfizer and Moderna, Omaha residents were already receiving some of the initial doses.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
New COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common omicron strains are set to begin soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the updated shots Thursday.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By Laura Sambol
If you think your chances of getting severely ill with COVID are low because you’ve already had it, be warned. A new study by the Mayo Clinic tells a different story.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Jacqueline Fernandez
Government data shows an estimated 1 million people are out of work.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By John Chapman
For the first time, Nomi Health is using mobile clinics to test people for COVID in Omaha.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 7:08 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 10:24 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 12:22 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Laura Sambol
As the new school year begins, parents may be wondering how new, updated Centers for Disease Control guidelines for COVID protocols will affect their children in the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 8:08 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:36 AM CDT
|By CNN
The Food and Drug Administration says if it approves the shots, they could become available as soon as next month.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 11:49 AM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 4:22 PM CDT
|By 6 News staff reports
Catch up with today’s updates from data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and western Iowa.