In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
When Dr. Fermin Leguen became the Southern Nevada Health District’s acting chief health officer last fall, nobody could have predicted how recognizable his name would become to Southern Nevadans just months later.
When Dr. Fermin Leguen became the Southern Nevada Health District’s acting chief health officer last fall, nobody could have predicted how recognizable his name would become to Southern Nevadans just months later.
Six weeks into coronavirus testing, Nevada health officials still don’t have enough kits to track the spread of the disease and hopefully slow the outbreak.
Six weeks into coronavirus testing, Nevada health officials still don’t have enough kits to track the spread of the disease and hopefully slow the outbreak.
UNLV Medicine has received approximately 2,000 calls per day from Las Vegas residents seeking a test for COVID-19 since curbside testing was announced Tuesday, according to a spokesperson.
The CDC and Southern Nevada Health District are telling us to stay home, even if we’re sick. Unless we have a high fever, worsening cough, and difficulty breathing — the symptoms of COVID-19 — the best course of action is to call our doctor; if an exam is necessary, make it virtual. That means a lot of people will be staying home sick.
Nevada is one of several states permitted to fast track coronavirus testing by developing and approving it without the FDA signing off. While that’s underway, testing is still limited in the Las Vegas Valley.
UNLV Medicine, the clinical arm of the school of medicine, has started offering curbside testing for coronavirus by appointment only.
The UNLV School of Medicine’s clinical arm will be conducting curbside testing for COVID-119 beginning on Tuesday, March 24.
UNLV Medicine will begin benchmarking coronavirus testing by appointment Tuesday, the organization said in a statement Monday night.
UNLV Medicine, the clinical arm of UNLV School of Medicine, will start conducting curbside testing on people to detect coronavirus on Tuesday.
UNLV Medicine is now conducting free curbside COVID-19 testing for members of the public who meet U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for testing.