On Friday, March 21 — just a week away — more than 40,000 medical students around the country will find out where they will be serving their residencies. About 300 of those graduates are from UNLV, UNR and Touro University, but there aren’t enough residencies in the state to keep them here.

On Friday, March 21 — just a week away — more than 40,000 medical students around the country will find out where they will be serving their residencies. About 300 of those graduates are from UNLV, UNR and Touro University, but there aren’t enough residencies in the state to keep them here.

Dr. Marc J. Kahn, Dean: “My finest moment was watching our first class graduate. Seeing 60 students, 30 percent of whom are first generation college students, receive their MD degrees was truly an inspiration and something I’ll never forget.”

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Mounting research over the last few years has found microplastics in nearly every organ in the body, as well as in the bloodstream and in plaque that clogs arteries.

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The flu just doesn't seem to be letting up as people are calling out of work and school to deal with the virus that's particularly worse during the winter. The more people are indoors, the more the flu spreads.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed off on the first new type of pain reliever to be approved in more than two decades.