Reports of students possibly body piercing themselves with non-sterile needles at Spring Valley High School have spurred a health investigation, according a message that Principal Bob Gerye sent to parents Wednesday.
Education
Roseman University of Health Sciences and the Nevada Cancer Institute Foundation have completed a merger that will reopen the cancer institute building in Las Vegas and could lead to the creation of a medical school at the site by 2017.
A tenth of Coronado High School students and staff, or about 325 people, are at risk for contracting the potentially lethal disease tuberculosis because of their exposure to a confirmed case at the Henderson campus, according to a spokesperson for the Southern Nevada Health District
Mere weeks before a case of tuberculosis alarmed the Coronado High School community and spurred health officials to call for testing of those who may have been exposed, the Clark County School District dropped its requirement that all employees be tested for the infectious and potentially lethal disease.
An individual at Coronado High School has been diagnosed with contagious pulmonary tuberculosis, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
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