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Current Medicine News

UNLV vaccine expert Johan Bester examines the ethical considerations behind the decision to get inoculated.

The 36-bed skilled nursing site is expected to add an important dimension to students’ clinical education.

Volunteer efforts by hundreds of Southern Nevada physicians enhance the medical training of UNLV students.

Members of the inaugural class of the UNLV School of Medicine await the results of Match Day — the day med school students across the nation find out where they will receive their specialty training.

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As the pandemic tightened its grip on Nevada, the nation, and the world, UNLV responded in ways big and small. Members of the media also turned to UNLV's faculty experts for answers.
Medicine In The News

Three months after breaking ground, the future UNLV School of Medicine building is beginning to take shape.

The images are popping up on our social media feeds: pictures of friends, coworkers, and family members proudly displaying their COVID-19 vaccine card.
With the nights at their longest and the weather at its bleakest, winter is in full force for those of us in the northern hemisphere. After the hubbub of the holiday season – even if our celebrations were a little different this year – it’s tempting to hunker down and wait for spring to brighten our moods before we think about socialising out and about. This year, perhaps more so than any we have experienced before, that retreat indoors has coincided with an increase in Covid-19 restrictions, meaning that for many across Europe and the US the decision isn’t optional.

Some Clark County educators were elated to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week, while many others met with disappointment during a confusing rollout, including some who booked appointments only to be turned away at inoculation sites.

Funds for the UNLV School of Medicine’s new medical education building are back in the state budget.
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