Health Department employees went to work Friday with a public health emergency on the line.Workers manned phone lines and waited for callers after a case of tuberculosis potentially exposed hundreds at Westview YMCA in northwest Omaha. Health Director Lindsay Huse tells KETV NewsWatch 7 that contact tracers have tracked everyone potentially exposed, which is a … Read more
The Douglas County Health Department has confirmed an active case of tuberculosis disease at a local YMCA.The health department is looking into over 500 possible exposures that may have happened at the Westview YMCA’s drop-in daycare, located near 156th Street and Summit Plaza.The possible exposures would have happened between late spring and late October, and … Read more
The Douglas County Health Department is continuing efforts to prevent the spread of wildlife rabies by putting out oral rabies vaccine baits for raccoons.The department is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fish and Wildlife Services, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and other local agencies to distribute the baits.The baits will … Read more
Douglas County Health Department captures, vaccinates hundreds of raccoons in effort to contain rabies strain Updated: 4:17 PM CDT Oct 27, 2023 The Douglas County Health Department has captured and vaccinated hundreds of raccoons in an effort to contain a rabies strain in the area. More than 300 raccoons have been captured, successfully vaccinated, ear … Read more
Douglas County reports 5 confirmed cases of West Nile as virus surfaces this season Four men and one woman between the ages of 40 and 75 were infected with the virus, according to Douglas County Health Department Updated: 4:46 PM CDT Sep 13, 2023 West Nile virus has been confirmed in Douglas County, according to … Read more