WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following news: By Zoe Neuberger, senior policy analyst A staggering 1 in 3 families with children say they don't have enough food, and that's in part because schools where lots of children normally eat free or reduced-price meals are closed. A new federal program (Pandemic-EBT, or P-EBT) is beginning to compensate families for the added expense of feeding these children, but eight states -- Idaho, Montana, Nebraska,   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Council of Chief State School Officers issued the following news release: Two state chiefs testified at the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing "COVID 19: Going Back to School Safely https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/covid-19-going-back-to-school-safely." Matthew Blomstedt, Nebraska Department of Education commissioner, and Penny Schwinn, Tennessee Department of Education commissioner, discussed the successes and challenges their st  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 13 -- Laryngoscope, a peer-reviewed medical journal that says it focuses on otolaryngology, allergy and rhinology, otology and neurotology, laryngology and bronchoesophagology, head and neck surgery, sleep medicine, pediatric otolaryngology, facial plastics and reconstructive surgery, oncology and communicative disorders from the Triological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: * Response to Glucocorticosteroids Predicts Ol  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 12 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Omar Rahman, M.D., director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Genetics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is part of a group that has created a training manual in both English and Spanish designed to help health care providers recognize and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Dr. Rahman's colleagues included Maristela Monteiro, M.D., Ph.D., senior advisor   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 13 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with diabetes represent more than 20 percent of the population of patients in intensive care units nationwide. Diabetes is a major risk factor for disease severity and mortality in patients with the COVID-19 virus and uncontrolled hyperglycemia - high blood sugar -- is associated with longer stays in the hospital and higher death rates. University of Nebraska   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 11 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Due to the coronavirus pandemic and Nebraska's directed health measures, the Munroe-Meyer Guild has moved its Garden Walk online. Portions of each of the six gardens selected for the 2020 Garden Walk will be available to view on video at the Munroe-Meyer Guild website beginning June 14. Homeowners will showcase a favorite area of their gardens via the videos. "Homeowners are disappointed t  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 9 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Regina Idoate, Ph.D., assistant professor of health promotion in the UNMC College of Public Health and citizen of Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and Omar Rahman, M.D., director of the MMI Department of Genetics, have received a $50,000 grant to work with the community on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Oglala Lakota County Schools in South Dakota to conduct a commu  more