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Current Public Health News
A selection of prominent headlines featuring UNLV experts from July and August.
UNLV epidemiologist Brian Labus and public health alumna Devin Raman explain how disease investigators track outbreaks.
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
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Public Health In The News

Fewer Nevada kindergartners are receiving life-saving early childhood vaccinations as vaccine exemption rates reach record highs, new federal data shows.
Recent clinical trials from Merck and Moderna show promising results that a personalized messenger RNA (mRNA) melanoma vaccine intismeran autogene when combined with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab, can reduce the risk of melanoma recurrence or death by roughly 49% in high-risk patients after surgery compared to immunotherapy alone.

There is ongoing concern about a roach infestation impacting East Las Vegas and Henderson residents for about two weeks now.
Checking into a hotel room feels like stepping into a fresh, sanitized space, especially with those crisp linens and the faint smell of cleaning products in the air. Yet housekeeping staff and microbiologists who have studied hotel rooms say that impression can be misleading.
A new study on three dangerous mosquito species finds each one is drawn to different skin chemistry.
The term “nutrition transition” was coined by an American nutritionist, Barry Popkin, in 1993 to describe the large-scale shifts in human diet, energy spending, and body composition that happen alongside general economic development, urbanization, and demographic changes.