Sec. Kennedy Visits UNMC Amid Debate over New Vaccine Schedule He Says Will Make Kids Healthier

Health Secretary RFK Jr. visits Nebraska, praises UNMC's Hantavirus response

The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., toured the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Thursday, praising its response to the Hantavirus outbreak that brought 18 Americans to quarantine there in May.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. visits Nebraska to praise hantavirus operation at UNMC

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits the University of Nebraska Medical Center alongside University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold (left), and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (right) on Aug. 20, 2026. (Erin Bamer/Nebraska Examiner)OMAHA — Nearly two months after the last American cruise ship passenger was released from quarantine due to exposure to hantavirus, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kenne…

RFK Jr. calls UNMC biocontainment unit ‘critical’ to national security during Omaha visit

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. toured the National Biocontainment Unit on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha on Thursday.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. visits Pillen, UNMC quarantine unit on Thursday

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. toured the National Biocontainment Unit on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha on Thursday.

Sec. Kennedy visits UNMC amid debate over new vaccine schedule he says will make kids healthier

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha Thursday as local health professionals voiced concerns about a new executive order from President Trump that changes the recommended childhood vaccine schedule.WATCH STORY BELOW RFK Jr. visits Omaha amid debate overnew vaccine scheduleThe executive order, released this month, reduces the number of recommended childhood vaccines an…

Health Secretary Kennedy visits National Quarantine Unit in Omaha

Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska University President Dr. Jeffrey Gold are among state officials hosting U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to UNMC on Thursday.