In The News: School of Public Health

Social distancing and social unrest are at odds as people across the country, including hundreds in Las Vegas, take to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has announced a community-based testing, laboratory analysis and contact tracing plan to continue efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
In late March, Jim Murren, the head of Nevada’s coronavirus task force, was on a conference call that made one thing clear: Las Vegas was not ready to reopen.

Beginning Thursday, Las Vegas casino visitors can expect to see even more “eyes in the sky.”

Business is booming at the nation’s largest dollar-store chain and it’s due in no small part to America’s growing appetite for groceries under shutdown.

You had questions, and we’ve got the answers!Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding COVID-19 in Nevada.

For decades, the El Cortez Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has been known for single-deck blackjack.

For decades, the El Cortez Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has been known for single-deck blackjack.

The famed all-you-can-eat buffets and nightclubs will be gone. It is unknown when big conventions, live shows and sports events will return.

Assigning cause of death is rarely as straightforward as it seems, especially when it comes to COVID-19.

The nursing home resident’s first recorded signs of COVID-19 were subtle: a low-grade fever, accompanied by coughing.

Just 1.5 percent of tests for COVID-19 have come back positive in the first major program in the Las Vegas area to offer tests to those without symptoms.