In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ
Remember that pandemic baby boom analysts predicted would come the year following the COVID-19 lockdown? Dr. Michael Gardner with the 51ԹϺ School of Medicine says, so far, it's been more of a baby bust.
On Wednesday, an advisory group from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that the Pfizer vaccine be made available to adolescents. The recommendation followed Monday's decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand its emergency use authorization to include this age group.
A scientific review workgroup of Western states late Wednesday unanimously concluded that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective for adolescents ages 12 to 15, clearing the way for Nevadans of that age group to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
Dozens of Nevadans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have been hospitalized after contracting rare breakthrough cases of the disease, state health officials reported in new data released Friday.
How would you feel if you weren't allowed inside somewhere because you weren't vaccinated against COVID-19? The simple answer is yes, but there are a couple of exceptions.
The Nevada System of Higher Education is drafting plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students, with some limited exceptions, who are returning to campus in the fall semester.
Faun Lee Botor is one of 50 students in the first class of the university’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine who will be celebrating their graduations Friday at the university’s Thomas &Mack Center. And her plans to stick around are no doubt music to the ears of the medical school’s founders.
Nevada’s higher education system reversed course Thursday and announced it is drafting plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students coming to campuses for fall semester, with “some limited exceptions.”
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas (51ԹϺ) will graduate its very first class of 50 medical students today, marking a milestone in a fight to attract more doctors to the Silver State.
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51ԹϺ celebrated its first graduating class Friday, with speakers emphasizing the significance of the milestone moment.
Eighteen of 50 new doctors marking their graduations Friday as the inaugural class of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine plan to stay in Nevada for their residencies, officials said.
Eighteen of 50 new doctors marking their graduations Friday as the inaugural class of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine plan to stay in Nevada for their residencies, officials said.