In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Drive-thru COVID-19 testing at the Orleans will move to UNLV’s Tropicana Avenue parking garage next to the Thomas & Mack Center starting Wednesday, Clark County officials said.
As of this writing, nearly 104,000 COVID-19 tests had been performed in Nevada. They identified more than 7,000 cases of the disease, which have led to 365 deaths. Anyone who pays attention to the news has by now heard public health officials say (many times) that without widespread testing, reopening the economy is folly.
When the first cases of COVID-19 started popping up around the United States, the number of infected children was low.
Healthcare experts from around the country are carefully watching an experimental vaccine which has shown promising results in initial phase testing.
As of today, Nevada has had just shy of 7,000 cases of coronavirus that have led to 350 deaths. Clark County specifically has had nearly 5,400 cases with 300 deaths.
A coronavirus pandemic could result in an increase in the number of divorces amid an increase in fertility, predicts Katherine Hertlein, professor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
As the state moves forward with its multiphase reopening plan, the necessity to track where infected people have been will be just as important as more widespread testing, Las Vegas health experts say.
The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory plans to begin antibody studies this month to better understand how many people have been infected by the new coronavirus and how many may have some immunity.
Two candidates are vying for the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents District 2 seat — both of whom say they want to push to improve the UNLV School of Medicine.
The new drawings of what will go on a plot of land in the middle of Las Vegas' medical district came out Wednesday.
The Silver State has seen a surge in COVID-19 testing. A few weeks ago, it was a struggle to get tested, even if a person had coronavirus symptoms.
A corporation overseeing a donor-funded project to create UNLV School of Medicine’s permanent campus released artist renderings Wednesday of the school’s first building.