Ann Lynch, a hospital vice president who co-founded a few local nonprofit organizations and served a tenure as the National PTA president, died on Dec. 23.
Education
At least one parent did not want to wait for tuberculosis testing by health officials, who are investigating potential exposures at over two dozens schools.
A tuberculosis investigation is underway involving a person with active TB who was on 26 Clark County School District campuses and at a district training center.
Nevada State University is accepting applications for a new graduate program designed to help address the need for school psychologists.
Six local teenagers discussed their mental health strategies and concerns as part of the Hope Means Nevada anti-suicide campaign.
The Southern Nevada Health District is offering immunization clinics so students can get vaccinated before the new school year begins Aug. 7.
The school-based health centers are located at the Clark County School District’s Family Support Center and Bailey Middle School in Las Vegas.
The Clark County School Board approved a $1.4 million purchasing award for a company to provide primary care services for support professionals and police.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced Monday that norovirus may be the cause of an outbreak in late January at a Las Vegas elementary school.
Palo Verde High School and Woodbury Middle School were affected, according to documents obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The local campuses are among nearly 5,000 schools nationwide participating in Kinsa’s FLUency program, which tracks fever-related ailments.
The Clark County School District said Friday it was notified by the Southern Nevada Health District of a confirmed case at Palo Verde High School.
With a new school year approaching, the Clark County School District says it doesn’t have an employee COVID-19 vaccination mandate and its development “has not been necessary.”
In August, the State Board of Health approved an emergency measure for spring in-person classes. But the state’s Legislative Commission failed in December to adopt a permanent requirement.
The voluntary program began Jan. 19 — the day classes resumed after the school district’s five-day “pause” — for those exposed in a school setting to a confirmed COVID-19 case.