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After a busy first day, more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Nebraska on Tuesday as health care systems continued their distribution efforts. Methodist Health System received a shipment of 1,775 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech product early Tuesday. It will be distributed to frontline wor…

Rebecca Hollman started working in this pandemic behind a desk, as someone who taught nurses and doctors how to wear personal protective equipment properly. But as a registered nurse, she was quickly brought on to help care for patients. "As Nebraska has been experiencing a surge, I have been pulle…

The light at the end of the tunnel moved a little closer for some health care workers at Methodist Fremont Health on Wednesday as they were among the first in the area to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Angela Meiergerd, a registered nurse at Methodist Fremont Health Hospital, was the first employee…

Methodist health care workers wear the sticker with pride. It reads, "I got my COVID-19 vaccine." "We believe in this vaccine. We believe it's safe. We believe it's effective," said Dr. Jessica Jones, an infectious disease specialist. Frontline health care workers lined up Wednesday at Methodist …

Diane West was admitted to Methodist Hospital in August for what was supposed to be a short visit. "She ended up having four major diseases and eight or nine major infections. She was in intensive care for seven weeks, not all at the same time," said her husband, Jay West. "It wasn't a matter of wh…

  The “silent disease” When you have osteoporosis, you can’t feel it, but your bones are getting weaker. Many people don’t even know they have the disease until a bone breaks. It’s the reason why osteoporosis is known as the “silent disease.” With osteoporosis, bones deteriorate or become britt…

Between the bread-making craze, eating out to support local restaurants and just plain overindulging, there’s been a lot of posts on social media about growing waistlines. “We’re stressed out. We have a lot of emotional things we’re going through. We’re not able to do a lot of things we normally do…

The first baby arrived in Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital’s new Women and Newborns Unit on Dec. 16 – and four more followed. Dr. Lori Platt delivered the first one, a boy named Riggins, via Caesarian section at 8:20 a.m., according to his mother, Lindsay. He was 21 inches long and weighed 8 pou…

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital doled out its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 23. “I feel a sense of hope and a sense of relief,” Dr. Sumit Mukherjee, pulmonary critical care physician and medical director of the intensive care unit at Jennie Edmundson, said after being a…

Jennifer Griswold joined Methodist maternal-fetal medicine specialist Emily Patel, MD, to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and its safety and efficacy for pregnant mothers. At this point, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers are allowed to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., but since these women have …