The certified disaster life support center at Touro University fills a void in the Las Vegas Valley.
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UNLV’s School of Medicine received a $234,443 state public safety grant to examine traffic-related injuries and deaths in Nevada, university officials said Wednesday.
UNLV will be judged against 12 other teams on how well the 990-square-foot house, dubbed Sinatra Living, blends design excellence and smart energy production with innovation, market potential and energy and water efficiency.
Resident physicians accelerate their mastery of arthroscopic surgery by practicing on artificial knees, shoulders and hips created for use with a state-of-the art simulator at the university’s new medical school.
UNLV School of Medicine’s first white coat ceremony was as much about recognizing founding Dean Barbara Atkinson as it was about the charter class.
Even on her death bed, Maria Alvarez, 33, was more concerned about her 3-year-old than her failing health, friends and family say.
A female employee at Fremont Middle School in Las Vegas died of tuberculosis in mid-July after potentially exposing more than 100 people to the highly contagious disease, school and public health officials said Monday.
The donation will enable the UNLV Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions “to a new level,” says Maureen Schafer, chief of staff at the UNLV Medical School.
The first class of 60 students at the UNLV School of Medicine embark on a long road Monday that state officials hope will eventually alleviate Southern Nevada’s physician shortage and boost the local economy.
University officials confirm founding leader of university’s fledgling medical school hospitalized. Sources say she suffered life-threatening illness.
The Clark County School District is urging parents to have their kids immunized against meningitis for the new school year that starts on Aug. 14.
Administrators point with pride to the caliber and diversity of its debut class of 60 students, whom they hope will become Nevada’s future doctors.
Cadwallader Middle School hosted a Bike to School event with special appearances from professional BMX riders Eric Sweets and Ricardo Laguna.
A northwest Las Vegas charter school will be closed Monday and Tuesday due to widespread symptoms of a gastrointestinal illness, possibly norovirus.
Since the UNLV School of Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions opened in July, 350 children have been placed in therapy at the clinic, the center’s director said.