In The News: School of Public Health
As doctors in Las Vegas and around the world try to grapple the unknowns of the novel coronavirus, one area many are looking at is in our blood and what the antibodies we produce in our immune system can tell us about the way the virus is spreading.
At a time when antibody testing could be key to reopening society, a manufacturer of dietary supplements is providing free tests to its entire U.S. workforce, including 90 employees at its Henderson plant.
Running safely is always at top of mind.
Twin Cities residents are not driving as much as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but they are walking and biking a lot more.
You had questions, and we’ve got the answers! Renee Summerour sits down with Dr. Brian Labus, epidemiologist with the 51ԹϺ School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ health reporter, Mary Hynes, to answer viewer questions regarding the coronavirus spread in Nevada.
Last week, the Southern Nevada Health District released a map showing how many people tested positive for coronavirus in each Clark County ZIP code.
With new cases of COVID-19 still rising and protesters clamoring for Gov. Steve Sisolak to loosen the virus’ stranglehold on the state’s economy, the governor’s medical experts say Nevada lacks the “bare essentials” that would warrant even a discussion of reopening.
Nearly 40,000 tests for the novel coronavirus have been performed in Nevada over the last month and a half, but to safely begin reopening portions of the economy, the Silver State may need to be running that many tests each day.
Nearly 40,000 tests for the novel coronavirus have been performed in Nevada over the last month and a half, but to safely begin reopening portions of the economy, the Silver State may need to be running that many tests each day.
The new coronavirus has some stark differences from other relatively recent, grim outbreaks of disease.
“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away,” President Trump said in February, in the very early days of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the first viral outbreak Brian Murphy has seen as a health care professional in Las Vegas. An HIV caregiver since the 1980s, he says there are lessons to be learned from past outbreaks, particularly the emergence of HIV/AIDS.
