Appointment-only COVID-19 vaccinations are available at UNLV.

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Starting any job amid a pandemic can be daunting, but imagine if the position involved leading a new medical school.

In just five years, UNLV has earned full medical school accreditation.

With clinical trials planned or underway, children might be able to start receiving COVID-19 vaccines by this fall.

More Nevadans are becoming eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and among the newly-added groups are grocery store employees.

More Nevadans are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday, but appointment scheduling hasn’t opened yet at some sites like Cashman Center.

“We are writing to share good news. At its February 2021 meeting, the LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education) voted to grant full accreditation to the medical education program of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine.”

“We are writing to share good news. At its February 2021 meeting, the LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education) voted to grant full accreditation to the medical education program of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine.”

The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine last week, with health experts telling Newsweek that its approval could enable the United States to achieve herd immunity by early summer.

As many report concerns over COVID-19 vaccination side effects, 8 News Now spoke to a medical expert to break down what everyone can expect.

Nevada expects to receive 24,000 doses this week of Johnson &Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, which was authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday.