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Wei Yang, Ph.D., M.D., first met Marena Works in 2005, when she was a school nurse and a student in his CHS 780 Biostatistics course. Yang, foundation professor and senior associate dean for the School of Public Health, remembers Works, ’95 BSN, ’07 MSN, MPH, as a proud member of the school’s first master of…

Candida auris, or C. auris, is a drug-resistant fungus that can cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections in patients with underlying health conditions. Over the last several years, the sometimes deadly fungus has had a surge in cases in states like California and Nevada

For families across northern Nevada, fresh groceries can mean the difference between costly health outcomes and fewer trips to the emergency room. 

In March, Reynolds School of Journalism student Kathleen Leslie travelled alongside students from theOrvis School of Nursingto Kampot, Cambodia to report on the Orvis School’s global health exchange program. This story was made possible with support from theOffice of Global Engagementin the Orvis School of Nursing and the Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science

The number of Nevadans enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans has fallen 12.5 percent in the months since an open enrollment period closed this January — a dropoff that’s double what the state saw last year and suggests higher prices and reduced subsidies were too much for some consumers to afford.