Today, health care is the fastest-growing sector in the regional economy having added more than 42,000 jobs since 2016. Yet, despite this growth we only have 70 percent of our expected health care jobs. Consequently, we continue to have poor health and social outcomes and export tens of millions of our health care dollars to out-of-state providers annually.

A new scholarship fund established at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law marks a first in the school’s history: the inaugural endowed scholarship created by a Native American nonprofit organization.

The question every public health professional gets asked: What do you actually do? It sounds like a simple question, but if you work in public health, you know how hard it is to answer in a way that truly lands. In this roundtable episode, Dr. Huntley is joined by three public health professionals who explore what it really takes to explain this field to the people closest to them and why getting that explanation right matters more than ever.

The NBA could be coming to Las Vegas. The board of governors approved a vote on Wednesday to explore bids and applicants for a new franchise in both Las Vegas and Seattle. The goal is to have the team ready to play in the 2028-2029 season. This is the closest Vegas has come to an NBA team.

Nevada is tied with Tennessee for the sixth highest alcohol-impaired driving fatality rate in the country, according to 2023 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The state’s laws have placed a strong emphasis on holding drunken drivers personally responsible for their actions, and lawmakers have recently increased criminal penalties for DUI fatalities. But victims’ loved ones, like Linda Sterner, are left to question whether Nevada lawmakers are more concerned with protecting businesses from liability than preventing DUIs.

While the rates of people being severely impacted by COVID have gone down drastically since the dawn of the pandemic, it’s important to still take the virus seriously. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID was associated with an estimated 290,000 to 450,000 hospitalizations and between 34,000 and 53,000 deaths between July 2024 and July 2025, the most recent year that data is available. These stats show just how much the virus is still impacting us.

Helmets are the safe way to go when it comes to riding a bike, scooter or e-device, but many people may be wearing them incorrectly.

UNLV is marking the 25th anniversary of Lied Library, highlighting how the campus’ main library evolved alongside the university’s growth into a major research institution.

An eye-opening new study is shedding light on a common travel item that’s brimming with hidden bacteria. Here’s a hint: It’s something you tote on almost every trip … but would never think to clean. Yet somehow, it has way more bacteria than the travel gear you’d expect to get filthy.