The Southern Nevada Health District today announced the first flu-related death of the influenza season in Clark County. Health officials only identified the person who died as a man in his 60s. No other information ...
Public health officials from Mohave County and the Arizona Department of Health Services are investigating a suspected case of the “brain-eating amoeba.”
In the past few years, the United States has seen a rise in drug shortages that’s affected groups from Type 2 diabetics needing Ozempic to improve their glycemic control to patients needing Adderall to treat their attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...
Las Vegas resident David Berman’s daily routine has been consistent for nearly his entire life: It revolves around taking his daily doses of insulin. Prior to each meal and before going to bed each night, the retired attorney takes a dose of insulin to ...
A man who posed as a medical assistant was convicted of distributing large quantities of illegal prescriptions for opioids without a legitimate medical purpose in a federal court last week in Las Vegas, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced today it is offering updated COVID-19 vaccines at its clinics. Everyone 6 months of age or older should get at least one dose of the ...
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Democrat Jacky Rosen of Nevada, has introduced a bill to address nursing shortages in underserved communities. Rosen, along with Republican ...
The Health District is expecting doses of the vaccine from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech amid rising cases and hospitalizations as a new coronavirus strain ...
By Mike Stobbe and Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and ...
Henderson Police Officer Ramon Martin del Campo was living and playing professional soccer in Canada in 2017 when his family came to visit with heartbreaking news ...
The Southern Nevada Health District says it is investigating three cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported after people stayed at Las Vegas resorts. The Health District did not release any details ...
As millions of Medicaid recipients face the potential loss of health coverage for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, state call centers are getting inundated with questions from people needing help. In some cases, federal officials say, it’s taking too long to get answers. Nearly one-third of the states ...
The air quality in parts of Southern Nevada has been labeled as “unhealthy” by the National Weather Service in Las Vegas because of smoke from the York Fire that ...