In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV

El Tiempo

After months of reservations for new coronavirus testing almost exclusively for sufferers, diagnostic tests will be available in Las Vegas to anyone who wants to through a new drive-thru initiative offered by University Medical Center and Clark County.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

About 80 members from the Nevada National Guard are helping set up a COVID-19 testing site that will operate on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Orleans Hotel and Casino parking garage.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

The president of UNLV’s School of Medicine says it’s likely that there are a lot more people who’ve had COVID-19 than we know about, which is why testing for the disease is so critical for the future.

Las Vegas Sun

It’s unnaturally quiet these days on the UNLV campus, which normally would be swirling with students preparing for final exams coming.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Abbie Purney knew her father was about to die. In the intensive care unit at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, she tried to absorb every last detail.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Plans are still being finalized to begin widespread coronavirus testing in Southern Nevada, including the use of “strike teams” to target susceptible communities as well as the creation of new testing sites.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Plans are still being finalized to begin widespread coronavirus testing in Southern Nevada, including the use of “strike teams” to target susceptible communities as well as the creation of new testing sites.

KNPR News

UNLV Medicine is looking for plasma donors who have fully recovered from COVID-19.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Maran Shaker is in his fourth and final year at UNLV’s School of Medicine, and during that time, he says his education has been less of a classroom experience and more of a hands-on experience.

U.S. News & World Report

With most Americans weeks into sheltering-in-place, couples are in a situation probably none ever planned for: Being in each other's faces all day, every day -- with no clear end in sight.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

After a nationally televised, controversial interview, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is doubling down on her call to reopen the city, adding she hopes the warm desert climate may help eliminate COVID-19.

Las Vegas Sun

Doctors in Las Vegas say they are “cautiously optimistic” about a treatment for COVID-19 patients that has already been used to remedy the sick for more than 100 years.