In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Las Vegas virus authorities are looking at sewage water to determine the spread of a new potentially deadly outbreak.

Monkeypox has been detected through Southern Nevada’s wastewater surveillance program, a UNLV researcher said Monday.

The Southern Nevada Health District announced that there are now 23 probable and confirmed cases of monkeypox in Clark County as of Aug. 1.

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"My husband attended every appointment during the first and second trimester. During one visit, a nurse told him, 'You don’t really have to keep coming to these.'”

In early 2017, my husband and I sat in the OB-GYN’s office to confirm that we were pregnant with our first child. The room was littered with literature for new moms on birthing and breastfeeding classes, hospital tours and registration, and pamphlets on how to recognize postpartum depression. As we sat waiting for our ultrasound, my husband pointed out the lack of resources for men transitioning to life as new dads.

For the second week in a row, COVID-19 hospitalizations fell and cases plateaued in Clark County and Nevada, according to state data released Wednesday, which could signal the start of a more sustained decline.

For the second week in a row, COVID-19 hospitalizations fell and cases plateaued in Clark County and Nevada, according to state data released Wednesday, which could signal the start of a more sustained decline.

The University of Nevada Las Vegas's coronavirus early warning system has grown substantially since its inception in 2020 as students began working as many as seven days a week gathering, processing, and sequencing sewage samples from across Southern Nevada in search of new COVID variants.

For the second straight week, COVID-19 hospitalizations dipped and cases plateaued in Clark County and in Nevada, according to state data released Wednesday, potentially signaling the start of a more sustained downturn.

For the second straight week, COVID-19 hospitalizations dipped and cases plateaued in Clark County and in Nevada, according to state data released Wednesday, potentially signaling the start of a more sustained downturn.