The new dean of UNLV’s School of Medicine took over at a time when health care is on everyone’s mind.

Hundreds have answered the call to join Governor Sisolak’s Battle Born Medical Corps. The team will help during the COVID-19 pandemic.

University Medical Center on Tuesday began prescribing hydroxychloroquine to high-risk emergency room patients who test positive for COVID-19 but do not require immediate hospitalization.

UNLV Medical students inside Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas are learning how to diagnose coronavirus in patients who do not speak English.

UNLV Medicine received 250 additional COVID-19 test kits Monday night, according to spokesman Paul Joncich. The school will be able to continue curbside testing through Thursday.

UNLV Medicine’s curbside coronavirus screening program got a boost late Monday when it received a new batch of 250 test kits that will extend testing through Thursday, the School of Medicine said.

The UNLV School of Medicine received 250 more COVID-19 test kits on Monday night, a spokesman said.

Laboratories in northern and southern Nevada have run out of swabs for coronavirus testing, but officials expect to receive more kits this week, including quick-result kits, Governor Steve Sisolak said Monday.

Gov. Steve Sisolak says Nevada has received some parts from the federal government to make more test kits for the coronavirus but the state does not have anywhere near the supplies needed to test widely.

UNLV Medicine, which has conducted tests on more than 2,000 people for coronavirus, received an additional 250 test kits late Monday, allowing curbside testing to continue through Thursday.

UNLV Medicine acquires more COVID-19 test kits.

The clinical arm of the University of Nevada Las Vegas’s School of Medicine has received another shipment of COVID-19 testing kits, extending the time screenings can be administered.