Experts In The News
It’s been nearly two weeks since the first Clark County resident tested positive for coronavirus, and the valley remains limited in its capacity to screen for the illness.
Americans have made many efforts to slow down the nationwide spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus sweeping across the world. Grade schools have temporarily closed their doors. Companies are increasingly asking their employees to work from home. And in highly infected areas, even storefronts have decided to shut down for the time being.
President Donald Trump recently appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and control public statements by government health officials about the crisis.
The impacts of COVID-19 and the associated economic fallout are likely to hit Nevada’s low-income population especially hard.
Even though most children will only show mild symptoms, it is important they take precautions to stay safe, because the virus can be transmitted from children to higher-risk adults. Brian Labus, a professor of public health, provides essential safety information for you, from handwashing to mask wearing to school closings.
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 continues to rise, a message health officials continue to repeat is to stop, or limit, the number of times a person touches their face.
The casino employees are the front line soldiers in the battle to contain any potential transmission of COVID 19. Hotels and casinos are releasing few details about plans if an outbreak takes place in Las Vegas.
Today, instead of discussing a new book, I am convening a “New Books in African American Studies Roundtable” to talk with two historians early in their careers about their recent transitions from graduate school into the professorate, and some of the scholarly and public projects they are developing at their respective institutions.
