The City of Las Vegas is reaching for the next level as it continues to develop the Las Vegas Medical District to improve the quality of health care in the valley, as well as an important selling-point to retain new doctors who've finished their medical training locally.

Surrounded by friends, family, and fellow classmates soon-to-be graduate students at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine learned where they would be spending the next few years.

Tears of joy were all around Friday at UNLV's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine in the Medical District.

The need for doctors in Southern Nevada remains high, but there is some help on the way, with several University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) medical school graduates getting matched on Friday.

Nevada ranks 45th in the U.S. for active physicians per 100,000 population, 48th for primary care physicians and 49th for general surgeons. When broken down by medical specialty, Nevada has fewer specialists than the U.S. rate for nearly every specialty or subspecialty.

From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas he planned to put the issue of reducing drug costs at the center of his politics and political agenda.

During his speech, Biden frequently addressed the scrubs- and white coat-clad students and faculty from UNLV’s health sciences programs, including the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, who filled in rows on a staircase under a banner reading “Lowering costs for American families.”

Gaslighting is no longer a novelty, but in the meantime there is a new 'lighting' in the dating world: bluelighting. We already knew that the light coming from your television, smartphone or laptop is bad for your eyes, but your relationship can also suffer from all those screens. Glasses with a blue light filter will not help, but what will?

During labor and delivery, you need a partner who's 100 percent able to support you. Child labor and delivery can be a wild ride for the birthing person, and having the support of a loved one throughout can make for more than a good story.

State Sen. Roberta Lange (D-Las Vegas) tested the waters for a bill that would address Nevada’s ongoing health care provider shortage by mandating that insurance companies accept a provider who meets their qualifications and applies to be in their network.

Some of Nevada's brightest minds in medicine are now taking the next step toward becoming doctors. On Monday, 60 UNLV's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine graduates got their white coats. This marks an important rite of passage for medical students.

Having a newborn after losing another is a unique experience filled with conflicting emotions.