Kelsey Stewart
Omaha World-Herald
If Priscila Medina had gotten COVID-19 a year ago, she would have had no treatments proven safe and effective to try.
At one point, Trevor Larson couldn t feed or dress himself.
He struggled to sit up on his own. And attempting to stand up left him breathless and exhausted.
Larson had to relearn basic skills after a bout with COVID-19 led to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults.Â
Now the 26-year-old Omahan is in physical therapy sessions three times a week. He s able to walk, hold planks and tackle other strength-building and cardio exercises. Anybody can get it, Larson said. I had no pre-existing conditions. I was very healthy, and it got me. Just take it seriously. Â
Omaha police have arrested two brothers in connection with Saturday s fatal shooting at the Westroads Mall.
B. Woolridge-Jones
Makhi Woolridge-Jones, 16, and Brandon Woolridge-Jones, 18, both of Omaha, have been arrested in connection with the death of Trequez Swift, 21, Deputy Chief Ken Kanger said Sunday. The two are identified as brothers in a petition for a protection order filed by their mother in Douglas County Court.Â
The younger brother has been charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant. Brandon Woolridge-Jones, 18, was arrested on suspicion of being being an accessory to a felony. Reached by telephone Sunday, the mother of the two brothers declined to comment.
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Methodist Health System received a shipment of 1,775 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech product early Tuesday. It will be distributed to frontline workers, including those at Methodist Hospital, Methodist Womenâs Hospital and Methodist Fremont Health. Methodist planned to begin vaccinating on Wednesday.
âWeâve been waiting for this moment since March,â said Josie Abboud, president and CEO of Methodist and Methodist Womenâs hospitals.
CHI Health had received about 7,000 doses by Tuesday at its Nebraska hospitals, said Dr. Cary Ward, the health systemâs chief medical officer. That includes the 3,900 doses that arrived Monday at Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy. Bryan Health in Lincoln also began vaccinating frontline staff Monday.
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