UNMC Global Center for Health Security

⭐GCHS in the Media⭐

"Five former passengers depart from National Quarantine Unit"

"After spending three weeks at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, five former passengers from the MV Hondius have returned to their home states for continued monitoring for the next 21 days under the jurisdiction of their local and state public health departments. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requested the individuals from the cruise ship associated with a Hantavirus remain at the NQU through Sunday, May 31".

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4uO2OCL

In this week’s Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing, Dr. Lawler shares updates on H5N1, norovirus, and mpox, along with an overview of the Bundibugyo virus, which is currently causing outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/4fVnN1x

🚨UNMC / Nebraska Medicine Press Conference

👉If you missed today’s UNMC/Nebraska Medicine press conference on the National Quarantine Unit Andes virus (Hantavirus) response, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH0X-TvqrVw

⭐Region 7 Infectious Disease Briefing ⭐

For this week's R7IDB, we welcomed UNMC infectious disease specialist and medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit Richard Hankins, MD.

Watch the briefing for updates on:
👉Measles
👉Andes virus (hantavirus)
👉Bundibugyo ebolavirus

Watch the recording: https://echo360.org/media/177cbc2f-1557-4537-bca1-43aa7487a85c/public

🚨Transmission Newsletter Update🚨

You may have noticed our Transmission newsletter was briefly offline earlier this week—thank you for your patience, and we apologize for the interruption. GCHS is currently working on a redesign of the Transmission, with a refreshed look coming soon! Stay tuned—the updated version will launch in the coming weeks. In the meantime, our Transmission webpage is back online and continues to provide your curated source for global health security news.

Read the Transmission: https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/

⭐GCHS in the Media ⭐

"UNMC designated as a WHO Collaborating Center"

"UNMC has been designated as a WHO Collaborating Center for the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), placing UNMC among a select group of institutions helping shape the world’s response to emerging health threats. The university’s designation as a WHO Collaborating Center is the only one in Nebraska."

Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3R6zacO

⭐GCHS in the Media ⭐

"16 U.S. citizens safely repatriated to UNMC, Nebraska Medicine"

Read the story here: https://bit.ly/4doU26D

Happy International Nurses Day!

Today—and every day—we celebrate the skill, compassion, and dedication of nurses who make a difference when it matters most.

We proudly recognize the extraordinary nurses at UNMC, Nebraska Medicine, the National Quarantine Unit, and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Your expertise, resilience, and commitment to patient care and public health set the standard for excellence—not just in Nebraska, but worldwide.

⭐GCHS in the Media ⭐

"Cruise ship passengers arrive at National Quarantine Unit"

"U.S. citizens who were aboard the cruise ship associated with a hantavirus outbreak arrived in Omaha early Monday morning, with one passenger who tested positive for the virus, but does not have symptoms, admitted to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at the med center for follow-up testing and monitoring. The other passengers arrived at the National Quarantine Unit, located at the Davis Global Center on the campus of UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, for assessment and monitoring."

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4u5ru9t

🛡️National Quarantine Unit (NQU) Press Conference

Nebraska Medicine and UNMC are leading a coordinated federal, state, and local response to safely monitor U.S. citizens from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak in the nation’s only federally funded National Quarantine Unit. 🏥

Watch the press conference here: https://bit.ly/4f6x4Uc