In honor of her late brother, a professor in the school of medicine at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas is pioneering a program to help families of people with Down syndrome coordinate all aspects of their medical care.

Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Medical Student Education Authorization Act, to authorize the Medical Student Education (MSE) Program for five years. The MSE Program provides grants to public institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate education for physicians in states with the most severe primary care provider shortages. First created in 2019 by Congressman Cole and Senator Inhofe, the MSE Program is currently subject to annual authorizations, which results in significant uncertainty over funding and long-term planning for funded institutions.

The free COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests from the government have begun arriving at properties. There are hopes it will assist stop the additional unfold of coronavirus.

Coronavirus: 'Light at the end of tunnel' said Dr. Kahn with UNLV School of Medicine. We may be reaching herd immunity from natural infections and vaccinations.

The Mayo Clinic states that approximately 10% of people between 18 to 49 who have COVID-19 get long COVID. For those 70 and older, it is about 22%.

The Mayo Clinic states that approximately 10% of people between 18 to 49 who have COVID-19 get long COVID. For those 70 and older, it is about 22%.

Nearly two years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, an expert told 8 News Now there’s a chance the situation could change for the better this year.

Looking at the graph of cases in Nevada, one state health official noted in a recent conversation with state lawmakers that there are "very, very early" indications of stabilization as the growth rate of new cases appears to be slowing down.

When UNLV researchers want to predict the path of the pandemic they pop open a manhole.

It’s been two years since the first case of the COVID-19 coronavirus was reported in the U.S., but when will the outbreak transition from a pandemic to an endemic?

It’s been two years since the first case of the COVID-19 coronavirus was reported in the U.S., but when will the outbreak transition from a pandemic to an endemic?

Business leaders at Preview Las Vegas said gambling revenue booms and construction projects are paving the way forward for Nevada's economic outlook, but labor shortages continue to be a hurdle for businesses to recover.