Dr. Marc Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, said Friday his understanding is the school district’s pause wasn’t so much to slow coronavirus transmission but rather a workforce issue because a “fair number of people” are out with COVID-19.

The Clark County School District's decision to cancel two days of school – combined with a long holiday weekend – will help the district operationally recover after a spike in COVID-19 cases, but it's unclear how it may affect community case rates, health officials say.

Expert tells the secret to rekindling the relationship

Edwin Oh, an associate professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, was among the first to discover the omicron variant in Clark County.

Dr. Evelyn Montalvo-Stanton, head of Pediatrics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), explained that “there are two different viruses that are attacking the person. If the person has the flu and covid vaccine, it will not hit them hard. But it is a combination. It is not a new variant. It is not a new virus.”

Flurone or coronaflu, or what is the same, the simultaneous contagion of COVID-19 and influenza in the same patient, is not a new variant of the coronavirus, but a double infection that can be prevented, clarified specialists consulted by the Voice of America .

While December may have been loaded up with coupley activities (Winter Wonderland, carefully choosing each other’s gifts, drinking hot chocolate by a fireplace), January can see romance drooping faster than that tree still lingering in the corner.

Ann Childress, MD, shares insights into ADHD in very young children at the 2022 APSARD Conference.

Wastewater surveillance is becoming more widespread in the U.S. to fight COVID-19.

Fights in relationships can feel like brushing out tangled hair. It can hurt like hell, trying to straighten out all the snags and pulls of two people attempting to share one life. And the longer you leave it, the worse it gets, until all you’re left with is a matted clump of emotional mess you keep trying to avoid.

Hospitalizations have surged across Nevada to levels not seen since last year as thousands are infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19 daily. 

Covid-19 breakthrough cases are on the rise and Dr. David Di John a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine tells his patients the best way to protect themselves is to get vaccinated and wear a mask.