In The News: School of Public Health
On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee voted to back Pfizer's vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced Tuesday that booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccine, in addition to the Pfizer vaccine, are available at its clinics for those who are eligible.
An eight-year-old Clark County School District student suffered a severe asthma attack while in class but was told to put his mask back on, according to his mother.
Vaccine hesitancy has been prominent in the United States in response to COVID-19, but resistance to vaccination has been presenting public health challenges long before the start of the pandemic.
The CDC has given the green light for people to mix their COVID-19 vaccines. According to medical experts, all three current brands are safe.
The deadline to get COVID-19 vaccinations for spring enrollment is approaching for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) students.
The FDA is expected to ‘okay’ a mix and match approach to COVID-19 booster shots this week.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to ‘okay’ a mix and match approach to COVID-19 booster shots this week.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Public Health is partnering with the UNLV Student Health Center and UNLV Faculty and Staff Treatment Center (FAST) to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to students, faculty, staff, and the public during the university's Rebel Homecoming Festival on Wednesday, October 20th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in UNLV Pida Plaza in front of FDH.
The decision to now include the rapid test results in the state's covid numbers brings Nevada in line with every other state in the U.S. except for Maryland.
Nevada this week became one of the last states to publicly report rapid antigen tests as part of its coronavirus tallies — a move that experts said could provide a fuller picture of the pandemic but also upend metrics used to gauge how the virus is spreading.
Nevada this week became one of the last states to publicly report rapid antigen tests as part of its coronavirus tallies — a move that experts said could provide a fuller picture of the pandemic but also upend metrics used to gauge how the virus is spreading.