In The News: School of Public Health
Thousands of UNLV students returned to campus Tuesday for the spring semester. Despite a recent spike in COVID-19 cases and no vaccine mandate in place for students or staff, most were happy to be back.
Bringing new meaning to the phrase 'Love mother Earth'
Colleges across Southern Nevada return from winter break on Tuesday.
Long lines leading to frustration. A week ago the UNLV testing site shut down early due to the surge of coronavirus testing. So, they moved operations to Sam Boyd Stadium because there is more room. Still, break lights lit the stadium as hundreds of people tried to get a test.
After the CDC changed its recommendations, public messaging remains murky. If you test positive, how long do you really need to stay home?
What happens when a Clark County public school student tests positive for COVID-19 shortly after sharing a crowded classroom?
The CDC’s recommendation of booster shots for kids ages 12 to 15 could help keep them safer in classrooms, according to health experts.
Over the last week, Nevada has experienced a skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations that the governor characterized as “alarming” in a recent press release.
Considering Las Vegas’ population is 61.88% white and 12.23% Black, the data shows proportionally Black women are more likely to die in pregnancy-related deaths. Nationally about 700 women die each year from pregnancy-related causes, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control, and Black women are 2 to 3 times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.
Days after large crowds of revelers rung in the new year on the Las Vegas Strip, the region’s healthcare providers are again being pushed to their limits by ballooning demand for COVID-19 testing and a surge in new cases and hospitalizations.
Discovered in southern France around the same time that the Omicron variant was discovered in South Africa, IHU has been mostly out of the news until recently.
