In The News: School of Public Health
To promote vaccine safety, one Hall of Fame football player stopped by multiple vaccination sites here in Southern Nevada.
Almost 40% of people age 16 or older living in the state of Nevada have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. But even with that progress, there are efforts to speed things up, so health officials are enlisting the help of star athletes to spread the word.
The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is back in circulation at Las Vegas vaccination sites.
Out of the 1.6 million total COVID-19 vaccine doses given in the state, more than 57,000 doses were administered to people who didn’t give a Nevada address.
An increasing number of higher education institutions are requiring students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before attending campuses in the fall. Among these are Rutgers University, Cornell University, Duke University, and Brown University.
Ozone pollution in Las Vegas has improved, but the city still ranks among the most polluted metro areas in the country, according to a newly released report by the American Lung Association.
About one out of five Nevadans have been fully vaccinated from COVID-19, and nearly a third of the state’s population has received the first dose. It will take many more shots before the state reaches herd immunity — when the population gains protection through vaccination or natural immunity.
The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed scientists to continue important treatment research that could make a difference in how other deadly diseases are treated.
Thirteen months of social distancing and masks, and it’s no wonder people are having less sex.
During Wednesday’s public federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services says it learned that a Nevadan was one of the six reported serious reactions to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
During Wednesday’s public federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services says it learned that a Nevadan was one of the six reported serious reactions to the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine.
An 18-year-old Nevada woman recently reported suffering serious side effects from the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.