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The Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE’s) eight institutions have risen to help their local communities and state during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

A few weeks ago (or maybe it was days — time means nothing to me anymore), a push notification on my phone alerted me that my friend had tagged me in her Instagram story.

A few weeks ago (or maybe it was days — time means nothing to me anymore), a push notification on my phone alerted me that my friend had tagged me in her Instagram story.

The coronavirus outbreak can be a stressful time for several reasons, from anxiety about the disease to worries about isolation.

On March 24, the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Medicine clinical arm launched coronavirus curbside testing for those who pass telehealth phone screening questions conducted by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ medical student volunteers. On the first day, the call center received more than 2,000 phone calls from people worried they might have COVID-19, officials said.

Medical students in Southern Nevada have taken on the work of screening potential cases of COVID-19 at a Las Vegas shelter in order to free up doctors and nurses to work with patients.

To address the rapid rise in COVID-19 infections and minimize fatalities in Southern Nevada, health care workers and industry experts say there is more than one challenge at play — and more than one solution.

Health care workers with the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Medicine tests a patient for the coronavirus at a drive thru testing site Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Las Vegas. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Medicine, the clinical arm of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Medicine, started conducting COVID-19 testing by appointment for people who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Medicine conducted 236 COVID-19 tests on March 26 alone, according to spokesman Paul Joncich. The school’s call center has been inundated with 2 to 3,000 inquiries a day since curbside testing began.

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.