Hundreds of Nevada university students will be trained and employed as contact tracers to help identify and inform people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.

The UNLV School of Public Health received a $3.4 million state grant to expand its COVID-19 contact tracing program.

A $3.4 million grant will allow the UNLV School of Public Health to expand contact tracing efforts.

On Friday, the UNLV School of Public Health announced it is expanding its contact tracing program. The school received a $3.4 million grant from the State of Nevada to allow for the expansion.

Public health experts at UNLV and Southern Nevada Health District hosted a live online discussion on Monday to talk prevention of COVID-19 and what the future may hold.

Las Vegas health experts discuss COVID-19 today at UNLV.

Experts from the UNLV School of Public Health and Southern Nevada Health District will host a virtual, livestream discussion on the science of COVID-19, how to minimize risks and slow transmission and where we go from here.

Medical expects in Southern Nevada will discuss the coronavirus pandemic in a panel Monday morning, which will be livestreamed.