The Vaccine Confidence and Demand Improvement Project launched in January through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding to UNLV’s School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. This collaboration between UNLV and Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health aims to reduce vaccine hesitancy among Nevada parents through social media campaigns.

Lawmakers in the Nevada Legislature are staring down a busy final week of the 120-day session. Friday was the last major deadline for the Silver State’s part-time legislature. But the work is far from over for hundreds of exempt bills, many of which have the biggest potential impacts on Nevadans — and looming uncertainty around cuts from the federal government could bring a special session later this year.

Dr. Manoj Sharma, a Professor of Social and Behavioral Health and Internal Medicine, answers queries about hoarding disorder.

According to a nationwide poll conducted by the Cannabis Policy Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, roughly 70% of people surveyed said they favor a casino-resort having a cannabis smoking lounge or a designated area for consumption.

According to a nationwide poll conducted by the Cannabis Policy Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, roughly 70% of people surveyed said they favor a casino-resort having a cannabis smoking lounge or a designated area for consumption.

UNLV’s Immigration Clinic said six asylum-seekers were arrested by ICE in Las Vegas after leaving immigration court.

UNLV’s Immigration Clinic said ICE arrested six asylum seekers looking for ways to legally stay in the United States. Attorneys with the clinic said the federal government may be seeking ways to rapidly deport the men.

On Tuesday, six men walked into the Las Vegas immigration court for scheduled hearings. By that evening they were in ICE custody on their way to a private detention center in Pahrump, this is according to the UNLV Immigration Clinic.

UNLV athletics reaches a program-record with 78 players earning 3.0 or higher GPA's.