In The News: School of Public Health

KHOU

Time for “In Other News,” stories that might make you think twice. Forget dropping all your money at “Whole Paycheck” – I mean, Whole Foods.

New York Post

A new study found that the quality of produce at dollar-discount stores is just as good as grocery found at traditional supermarkets.

KNPR News

Sometime between winter and spring, another season starts in Nevada — allergy season. Pollen levels have already started inching up at both ends of the state, even though Reno is still seeing snow and Las Vegas has been cold.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A new non-profit is hoping to spread a message to students across the country about safe sex. Friday night, the adult entertainers behind the campaign, who are in town for the AVN Awards, hosted a panel with UNLV students to discuss safety in their industry and on campus.

Vegas Inc

The UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, in collaboration with the Nevada Medical Center, received $100,000 from Hearst Foundations to continue its efforts to curb mental health issues among youth.

MD Magazine

Palliative care among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) increased significantly, to 6.1% during a decade of time ending in 2014, according to new US hospital-based research.

Vegas Inc

The School of Community Health Sciences at UNLV has been designated as the first accredited school of public health in Nevada by the Council on Education for Public Health. There are only 66 schools around the world with this distinction, recognizing its efforts to provide quality education and prepare students for careers in public health after graduation.

Specialty Pharmacy Times

Palliative care among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) increased significantly, to 6.1% during a decade of time ending in 2014, according to new US hospital-based research.

Las Vegas Sun

On Tuesday evening, a sea of red graduation gowns flooded the Thomas & Mack Center for UNLV’s the 55th Winter Commencement.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A UNLV student has launched a movement to get more access to free condoms on campus and she wants free STI testing made available.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ School of Community Health Sciences has been designated the first accredited school of public health in Nevada by the Council of Education for Public Health (CEHP).

Nevada Current

Tara Phebus, director of the Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy at UNLV, says the Fatality Review Team usually takes up two cases a year from rural Nevada counties. Laxalt’s office contracts with the institute to facilitate case reviews and policy recommendations, as did his predecessor, Catherine Cortez Masto, now a U.S. Senator.