LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 23 -- The Nebraska Bankers Association issued the following statement on July 21 by President and CEO Richard Baier: The Nebraska Bankers Association applauds the Nebraska Legislature for the inclusion of new financial abuse protection provisions in Legislative Bill 909, which was passed on a 48-0 vote. The financial abuse provisions contained in LB 909 would allow a financial institution to place a hold of up to 30 days on a customer's transaction when financial exploi  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 18 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska Medical Center's Steven Hinrichs, MD, recently was named to a national panel tasked with exploring how the cruise industry can safely resume operations this fall and winter. Dr. Hinrichs has dealt with challenges associated with infectious diseases throughout his professional life, which makes him a perfect fit for the "Healthy Sail Panel," a group comprised of to  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 23 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Merry Lindsey, PhD, has been appointed as editor-in-chief for the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, effective January 2021. She will be the second consecutive UNMC faculty member to take on this role, as she will succeed Irving H. Zucker, PhD, UNMC professor of cellular and integrative physiology, who served in the role since October 2013. The journal is a pre  more