In The News: Department of Environmental and Global Health
Whether you have your own home office or are using a laptop at your kitchen table, if you鈥檙e one of the many Canadians who are working from home, you know how important a comfortable setup can be.

In late April, The American Lung Association issued its annual air quality grades, including a pretty bad one for Las Vegas (F), pegging it as the ninth-worst-polluted metropolitan area in the country. The Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability immediately shot back that the area鈥檚 air quality is 鈥済ood, despite the American Lung Association grade,鈥 based on its compliance with all but one (ozone) of the EPA standards for air pollutants.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn鈥檛 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.

Public health experts at 性视界传媒 and Southern Nevada Health District hosted a live online discussion on Monday to talk prevention of COVID-19 and what the future may hold.

Public health experts at 性视界传媒 and Southern Nevada Health District hosted a live online discussion on Monday to talk prevention of COVID-19 and what the future may hold.

Las Vegas health experts discuss COVID-19 today at 性视界传媒.

Las Vegas health experts discuss COVID-19 today at 性视界传媒.

性视界传媒 and the Southern Nevada Health District have teamed up for a virtual discussion Monday morning on the COVID-19 outbreak.

Medical expects in Southern Nevada will discuss the coronavirus pandemic in a panel Monday morning, which will be livestreamed.

Medical expects in Southern Nevada will discuss the coronavirus pandemic in a panel Monday morning, which will be livestreamed.

Medical expects in Southern Nevada will discuss the coronavirus pandemic in a panel Monday morning, which will be livestreamed.

While there are no state mandates to cancel large gatherings, businesses and organizers are taking it upon themselves to call off meetings, concerts and sports events.