Southern Nevada Health District to offer vaccinations at Touro University clinic

By BLAKE APGAR LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 14, 2017 - 5:01 pm

Updated March 14, 2017 - 6:13 pm

Touro University Nevada physician assistant student Kepeng Lu, left, asks medical questions to patient Traci Triplatt in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Southern Nevada Health District announced a new partnership Tuesday with Touro University Nevada to provide immunizations to the public at a health clinic on the school’s campus.

Children who qualify for the federal Vaccines for Children program may receive free vaccinations. Prices vary for adults, but the district charges a $20 administrative fee for the first vaccine and $8 for each one after that.

The clinic is on the Touro University Nevada campus in Henderson, 874 American Pacific Drive. It will be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

Close to 40 students participated in the eight-week training. (Courtesy of Veronica Meter)

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