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Back when we had in-person conferences, one of the common comments was regarding the lack of female presenters and attendees. Entain is hoping to change that, having announced their partnership with the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), Women’s Innovation Igniter.
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The faces on the video call represented different races, genders and generations. Many of the three dozen participants on the call January 26 looked to be in their 20s, with others likely encroaching middle age.
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Even after Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20 as the nation's 46th president, many conspiracy theorists and social media users have continued to promote baseless claims of widespread election fraud to argue that the election was stolen.
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Regina Stukes has finally got an appointment to be vaccinated against Covid-19 , after eight unsuccessful attempts by internet and telephone. No one gave him a date before April 26 until on Friday he decided to appear in the queues of the Yankee Stadium in the Bronx , one of the largest vaccination centers in the country. “I didn't want the vaccine,” this 63-year-old African - American confesses in a telephone conversation. " Medicine has not treated us wellBlacks and Latinos, and the vaccine has developed so fast that I was scared. " Her family finished convincing her. Her husband is an essential worker and was the first to inoculate himself to the risks he faces every day. "In the end we decided that we would do it together," he adds. He has an appointment on February 11.
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Real organs and real body parts, the BODIES exhibit at Luxor draws people in and educates them on the human body.
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The UNLV community has gone above and beyond to construct a new building for the university’s medical school, and Gov. Steve Sisolak has done his part by including funding for the building in his budget proposal to the Legislature.
Entain and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have teamed-up to debut the Black Fire Women’s Innovation Igniter, which is described as a first of its kind initiative.
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A professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas says messaging is key when encouraging minority communities to trust the COVID-19 vaccine and government's distribution of it.
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The world recently recognized International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, which is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. The message of the 2021 commemoration was to defend the truth and share the lessons of Holocaust history, especially in an age where misinformation spreads so easily. As vital as that message is, talking to your children about the horrific events that happened during that period can seem like a daunting task.
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