In The News: School of Public Health
Have you ever spent a summer evening outside with friends only to find, hours later, that you’re covered in mosquito bites? Meanwhile, the people you were hanging out with have none. New research suggests that the soap you wash with could be to blame.
A wetter winter means the possibility of more mosquitoes for the summer. And more mosquitoes mean the possible spread of mosquito-borne illnesses.
The Huntridge Family Clinic, the largest LGBTQ+-centered medical clinic in Southern Nevada, announced its temporary closing in April after a decade because of increased staffing costs, but hopes to be able to reopen by the end of the month.
Brace yourselves for what could be a nasty bug year in the Las Vegas area. “Because it’s been abnormally wet that usually introduces the possibility of more breeding sites,” says Dr. Louisa Messenger a Medical Entomologist and associate professor at 51ԹϺ’s School of Public Health.
The latest subvariant that causes COVID-19 is spreading rapidly, but the World Health Organization considers it to be no more dangerous than the other variations of the novel coronavirus now in circulation.
Three University of Nevada, Las Vegas students received prestigious scholarships to help pay for school.
Experts say warm weather creates an environment for insects to thrive, and as hotter weather is anticipated in the coming weeks and months, they say the best time for homeowners to protect themselves.
As we observe a stress awareness month in April, there is cause for concern in India’s context. Stress has reached alarming levels in India. A recent survey conducted by Cigna TTK Health Insurance found that 89% of Indians reported being stressed.
At one point or another most people experience stress which the World Health Organization defines as a state of worry or mental tension and how the body responds to that.
Scientists are calling it an emerging global public health threat and Nevada has seen more cases than any other state. Candida auris is a fungal infection that primarily impacts places like hospitals and nursing homes. Now 51ԹϺ researchers are tracking it. They are looking at wastewater samples much like they have for Covid-19 and even monkeypox. The researchers report they have found positive samples of the deadly fungus at all seven sewer sheds in the Vegas Valley.
A new report shows that Southern Nevada has the highest number of cases of a potentially lethal fungus in the country.
Tick season is not only starting sooner—it’s becoming a year-round event. While April through September are usually the most active months, the pesky eight-legged parasites are biting people and animals much earlier in the year than expected. The increasing tick bites are leading to a rise in a variety of tick-borne diseases, including some that were previously uncommon.
