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Hepatitis A in the News in West Virginia

Nanobugs Hepatitis A video featured on the 10:00 news to help educate a West Virginia community about preventing this infection.

"Health Department Closely Monitoring Hepatitis A Outbreak". HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ)
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This is Lincoln, interview with James Terry

Jan 2010

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Nanobugs featured in Lincoln's Journal Star

The Journal Star featured the article Lincoln woman's business focuses on teaching public about microbes on October 18, 2009.

NurseWeek magazine features the nanobugs

According to their creator, Nancy Haberstich, RN, MS, CIC, of Lincoln, Neb., nanobugs are cartoon microbes that promote health and wellness by entertaining and educating people of all ages about practical microbiology.

In the middle of a career as an infection control coordinator and international consultant that had taken her to Africa, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, Haberstich decided to switch her focus from infection control to infection prevention.  Read the full article... or Download PDF format

Channel 8 features nanobugs as top story tonight!

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Tonight, August 6th, 2007, channel 8 in Lincoln, Nebraska featured nanobugs as the top story.  The story speaks of Nancy Haberstich's mission to use the nanobugs to entertain and educate children and their parents about microbes and infection prevention.   


Nanobugs featured in Star City Health

Nanobug cartoon characters teach infection prevention
By Mark Schwaninger
   
 Microscopic microbes, invisible to the human eye, have been in the news a lot lately.     Microbes like E. coli 0157 and salmonella, which recently caused severe intestinal infections after finding their way into spinach and peanut butter, now have corresponding cartoon characters called "nanobugs."

Combining science and imagination, Nancy Haberstich, president and CEO of Lincoln-based Nanobugs Inc., and her daughter, Hannah Yates, product manager, are banking on their nanobug creations making it fun to learn about the transmission of infections and how to prevent them.

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Nanobugs Wins Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award

LINCOLN, Neb. (17 July 2007) - Nanobugs, a program designed by a local registered nurse to entertain and educate people about practical microbiology and how to avoid infections, recently won the 2007 Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award.

The recognition is the only award program to ever be honored by Disney.com and PBS/Kids TV. It was created by Jodie Lynn, an award-winning internationally syndicated family and health columnist and radio personality, and recognizes top-notch educational and family friendly web sites and products.

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"I finally found the time to check this website out. This is incredible!  The oldest boy that I nanny, Jacob (age 8) found the information and cartoon characters so intriguing!  I had fun showing him and his brother, Jordan (age 5) your website. Now they go around the house pointing out areas of possible living spaces for Nanobugs and they love to make sure the other is washing their hands all day.  I am so excited about your website. "

Emmy C. – a nanny