A brand new UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine education building has a goal to help everyday Nevadans get better access to a doctor: by adding more students and churning out more medical graduates, the school will in turn help relieve the doctor shortage plaguing Nevada.

As UNLV works toward establishing an Academic Health Center, it should coordinate with University Medical Center and other nearby partners in the Las Vegas Medical District — Valley Hospital, Desert Radiology, Steinberg Diagnostic, Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health — for an optimal web of quality care, according to findings from a new economic impact study.

President Joe Biden said the “pandemic is over” and it is catching the attention of many in the local medical community off guard.

Local medical experts say we are starting to see a significant shift in coronavirus in Southern Nevada.

Nearly all Southern Nevadans know of someone or have personally had COVID-19, but a growing number have moved into the ‘two or more’ column, with multiple COVID infections.

Monkeypox cases continue to rise around the world. Four alternative treatments are currently being tested in the United States. Adriana Arevalo of the Voice of America has the report.

Locals should start noticing changes in the Las Vegas Medical District soon. Established by the City Council in 1997, the 674-acre area west of Downtown and I-15 is slated for renovations detailed in a $130 million infrastructure upgrade plan that was presented August 23 at City Hall to Gov. Steve Sisolak, members of the medical community, Downtown business owners, residents and developers.

Locals should start noticing changes in the Las Vegas Medical District soon.