Nevada is facing a pressing doctor shortage due to a variety of reasons, including a lack of residency programs, resulting in a brain drain of doctors across the state. 8 News Now looked into what can be done to keep more doctors in Nevada.

Dr. Alison Netski has been appointed as interim dean of the UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, a move announced this morning by UNLV Officer in Charge Chris Heavey.

UNLV has named an interim head for its medical school. The university announced Wednesday that it has appointed Dr. Alison Netski as interim dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and interim vice president for health affairs at UNLV.

A new interim dean has been selected for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Dr. Alison Netski has been appointed as the interim vice president for health affairs at the university, according to an announcement made by Chris Heavey, the UNLV Officer in Charge, on Wednesday morning.

Twenty-five years ago, Clark County had a population of 1.4 million but no medical school. The lone medical school was in Washoe County, which had four times fewer people. But today, four schools in Southern Nevada offer medical doctorates.

The highly acclaimed Apple TV show “Ted Lasso” first appeared in 2020 to rave reviews. Ostensibly, it is a show about a college American football coach in the Midwest who finds himself coaching a Premier League soccer team in the U.K. despite knowing little about U.K. culture, colloquialisms or the game of soccer itself.

Motorists in east Las Vegas can probably expect an easier commute after the completion of the U.S. Highway 95-Charleston Boulevard interchange project, officials said Wednesday.

Infant mortality went up 18% in Nevada in the years immediately preceding the pandemic, one of the topline findings of a new report from UnitedHealthcare.