In The News: School of Public Health

Metro Voice News

Consumers have been trained that supermarkets with the slick commercials, fancy lighting and beautiful fresh produce displays have better quality. So buying your favorite fruits and vegetables at a discount store means you must be getting lower quality goods, right? Wrong. New research reveals that produce sold at dollar stores are actually quite comparable to that sold at traditional grocery chains, only markedly cheaper.

Study Finds

You get what you pay for when grocery shopping — or so we’re led to believe. So buying your favorite fruits and vegetables at a discount store means you must be getting lower quality goods, right? Wrong. New research reveals that produce sold at dollar stores are actually quite comparable to that sold at traditional grocery chains, only markedly cheaper.

Nevada Current

A study by 51ԹϺ researchers argues that non-traditional food markets like dollar discount stores may help bridge disparities in food access for low-income residents.

KHOU

Time for “In Other News,” stories that might make you think twice. Forget dropping all your money at “Whole Paycheck” – I mean, Whole Foods.

New York Post

A new study found that the quality of produce at dollar-discount stores is just as good as grocery found at traditional supermarkets.

KNPR News

Sometime between winter and spring, another season starts in Nevada — allergy season. Pollen levels have already started inching up at both ends of the state, even though Reno is still seeing snow and Las Vegas has been cold.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A new non-profit is hoping to spread a message to students across the country about safe sex. Friday night, the adult entertainers behind the campaign, who are in town for the AVN Awards, hosted a panel with 51ԹϺ students to discuss safety in their industry and on campus.

Vegas Inc

The 51ԹϺ School of Community Health Sciences, in collaboration with the Nevada Medical Center, received $100,000 from Hearst Foundations to continue its efforts to curb mental health issues among youth.

MD Magazine

Palliative care among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) increased significantly, to 6.1% during a decade of time ending in 2014, according to new US hospital-based research.

Vegas Inc

The School of Community Health Sciences at 51ԹϺ has been designated as the first accredited school of public health in Nevada by the Council on Education for Public Health. There are only 66 schools around the world with this distinction, recognizing its efforts to provide quality education and prepare students for careers in public health after graduation.

Specialty Pharmacy Times

Palliative care among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) increased significantly, to 6.1% during a decade of time ending in 2014, according to new US hospital-based research.

Las Vegas Sun

On Tuesday evening, a sea of red graduation gowns flooded the Thomas & Mack Center for 51ԹϺ’s the 55th Winter Commencement.