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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday announced that the state is extending a directed health measure that limits elective surgeries and procedures. It postpones inpatient surgeries that can wait four weeks or more without substantially changing a patient’s outcome. The measure has been in place…

For the first time since August, patient numbers have been in the single digits in the ICU at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Right now, there are seven patients with COVID-19. While Dr. Sumit Mukherjee, the medical director of the ICU, clings onto hope, he still sees people …

In partnership with the American Cancer Society, our team of HPV experts has compiled valuable information and resources to help you make informed decisions about your health or the health of your child. If you have additional questions about the HPV virus or the HPV vaccine, or if you would like …

Pulmonologist Sumit Mukherjee, MD, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, says he's had several rural providers in Iowa ask for recommendations on advanced respiratory treatment. He says those smaller hospitals are feeling a strain because of the bedding situation since hospitals in bigger areas ca…

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Sandra Krupka Recurring Ovarian Cancer Survivor Pure shock. That’s the best way Sandy Krupka can describe what she felt in 2013 after learning she was harboring two massive tumors in her pelvis – one the size of a cantaloupe, and the other a small watermelon. “I was basically carrying a child, a…

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has awarded a grant to Methodist Hospital to address the transportation needs of cancer patients in the region. These grants are available to health systems, treatment centers and community organizations in select communities through an application process, and the…

When Austin Person, MD, reflects on his path toward medicine, he immediately thinks of his grandfather. “At the age of 2, he contracted polio and was paralyzed from the waist down,” said Dr. Person, who has joined the colon and rectal surgery staff at Methodist Physicians Clinic. “What I found so i…

As an OB/GYN, Ashley Sawtelle, DO, is living her lifelong dream. Joining the Methodist Physicians Clinic Women’s Center staff only makes it sweeter. “I had always dreamed of becoming a doctor ever since I was a young girl,” the Fremont native said. “And part of that dream was serving my community.”…

If you’re one of many individuals who made it through the last flu season unscathed, you may be tempted to forego a flu shot this time around. Don’t. Mask requirements helped protect many of us from becoming ill with influenza and other respiratory infections last winter, but here’s what experts …