UNLV graduates 55 in second-ever class from School of Medicine

Flushing the toilet can help scientists track surges of COVID-19. But Florida is behind other states in utilizing the technology.

A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by researchers at UC San Francisco shows a startling percentage of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 reported mental health symptoms through the month of June and into early July 2021. Based on a review of 28-hundred young adults, 48% acknowledged anxiety or depression during that time. And of that cohort, 36% reported their counseling needs were not met.

Mike Davis sat down with Dr. John Fildes, ahead of his retirement at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

Las Vegas is just one of 25 cities across the US and abroad, chosen for an experimental study that is specifically looking at managing irritability that can often accompany autism.

Currently, one in 44 children in the U.S. has autism and that number continues to increase. Researchers are still working on the why while finding new ways to treat the disorder.

Jackie Redmond knows timing is everything. “We're here to get the wiggles out before nap time,” she says while pushing her two kids on the swings at Aliante Nature Discovery Park in North Las Vegas.

After an increase in the concentration of COVID-19 gene copies - fragments of the virus found in infected or recently infected people's stool - levels have gone down in local wastewater over the last week.

Reinfections account for about 9 percent of new COVID-19 cases reported in Nevada, according to state data, a growing number blamed in part on easily transmissible variants.

Busy airports and busy streets are something people in Las Vegas have come to accept as Spring Break, BTS and later, the NFL Draft, attract tourists and locals to entertainment hot spots around town.

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV commemorated its partnership with Optum Care by renaming its graduate medical education (GME) classroom space The Optum GME Classroom.

The author John Steinbeck once smartly penned, “A sad soul can be just as lethal as a germ.” It is a clever phrase and it is spot on. In fact, science backs it up.