In the last few years, the downtown Las Vegas medical district has added UNLV’s medical school to a pair of the valley’s largest hospitals. But, what’s missing? City leaders wanted to find out. 

Las Vegas resident Colleen Brola tried to schedule a mammogram in May at a nearby Desert Radiology, but the first available appointment was not until October. She later found one for July on the other side of town.

Universities and professional schools across the West have been reacting to the Supreme Court’s recent decision rejecting affirmative action. For the head of one of the handful of medical schools in the region, the ruling didn’t come as a surprise, but he is preoccupied by some potential implications.

For years, Las Vegas has struggled to attract and retain doctors but the growing medical district off of Rancho and Charleston is adding another attractive incentive.

Only one Las Vegas Valley hospital receives a grade of "A" in a report that ranks the safety of hospitals around the country twice a year.

As the deans of the two public medical schools in Nevada, we are watching with pride as our recent graduates prepare to start their internships.

Students from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV recently received their Doctor of Medicine degrees when they walked across the stage at the Thomas & Mack Center. We caught up with some of them excited for the next step.

Cases of pediatric brain abscesses increased nearly threefold in 2022, according to the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD).