LIBERTY Dental Plan of Nevada announced Thursday it will open a clinic with the UNLV School of Dental Medicine in January.
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The university announced Tuesday it is suspending in-person events and lowering occupancy rates to 25 percent in a few campus buildings.
Bishop Gorman High School reported a total of eight COVID-19 cases Wednesday and Thursday, which school officials say are linked to two off-campus student gatherings.
UNLV School of Medicine held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for its medical education building — its first permanent facility.
The UNLV School of Public Health announced in late September it received a $3.4 million state grant to expand its contact tracing program, a partnership with the Southern Nevada Health District.
UNLV, which has more than 31,000 students, has reported 208 cases among students and employees since the pandemic began.
More than 100 UNLV students have tested positive after being on campus, according to data from the Nevada System of Higher Education, which posts coronavirus data weekly.
Three Clark County teenagers have died from suicide in the first month of the school year — a time period that saw none last year — prompting growing concerns about the mental health of K-12 students among district leaders and advocates.
More than 200 students will be employed through the program — a partnership with the Southern Nevada Health District, the school said in a news release.
The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education and Cure 4 The Kids celebrated Nevada’s first in-clinic education center for pediatric cancer patients with a ceremony Thursday at Las Vegas clinic.
The university has reported seven cases since fall semester classes began Aug. 24.
As the clock winds down to the official start of school for most Clark County School District families, the topic of immunizations during COVID-19 is being raised.
UNLV is closing its curbside COVID-19 testing site because of intense summertime heat and because the Nevada National Guard will no longer be deployed to assist in the operation.
Earlier this month, 14 graduates from St. George’s University arrived in Nevada — 11 of whom are in the Las Vegas Valley — to start their residency.
The services provided by Hazel Health will be offered at no cost to students, with parent or guardian consent. There’s no limit on the number of visits students can receive.