Lincoln, NE – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is reporting detections of Heartland (HRTV) and Bourbon (BRBV) viruses in Nebraska. To date, no human cases of HRTV or BRBV have been reported in Nebraska residents.
DHHS started testing tick collections for HRTV and BRBV in 2024. One HRTV-positive tick pool was detected from a Richardson County collection in the 2025 surveil…