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New free clinic downtown aims to help ‘working poor’: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015; The nonprofit on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of its second free clinic in the Las Vegas Valley. Called the Ruffin Family Clinic, an ode to major benefactors Phil and Oleksandra Ruffin, it’s located near ...
Free HIV testing offered Saturday in Las Vegas: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015; Free HIV testing will be offered Saturday at the Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada as part of National Latino HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at ...
Local authors writing new chapter for Las Vegas: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015; Since it was founded in 2002, the Vegas Valley Book Festival has presented more than 800 authors and speakers, and has produced or sponsored more than 500 readings, workshops, book signings and events.
Survivors of sexual assault speak out at UNLV event: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015; One by one, the survivors climbed three steps, walked nervously toward the microphone on the makeshift stage in UNLV’s Pida Plaza on Wednesday night and began speaking. For some, tears came before words. “It’s bittersweet to be here today,” said ...
Centennial Hills Hospital adding 36 rooms: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015; Centennial Hills Hospital will build out its fourth floor, adding 36 inpatient beds as part of a $9.7 million project. The hospital will have 226 total inpatient beds when the expansion is completed later next year. The transformation ...
In last year, Lake Mead dropped below 10 million acre feet for first time: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015; The ongoing drought continues to take a toll on the main supply of water for Las Vegas. For the first time since the 1930s, Lake Mead ended the "water year" below 10 million acre feet of storage, according to John Fleck, a writer in residence at the University of New Mexico's Water Resources Program. Fleck, who's writing a book about the Colorado River, discovered the milestone after compiling data from the Bureau of Reclamation, he said. A "water year" runs from ...
Police say felon posing as doctor claimed to have cured STDs, been a porn actor: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015; Rick Van Thiel, who was arrested last week for allegedly practicing medicine without a license, described himself as a man of many talents on websites advertising ...
Las Vegas patients pay among country’s lowest rates for women’s health procedures: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015; According to new study of nationwide health costs.
Walgreens offering flu shots at Las Vegas senior centers: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015; Staff from Walgreens pharmacies will be providing flu shots at two Las Vegas senior centers this week. Cash and certain types of insurance will be accepted at ...
Reid touts need for tighter gun control, calls Republicans ‘puppets’ of NRA: Monday, Oct. 5, 2015; Sen. Harry Reid delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor today in which the minority leader called for background checks to curb gun violence. Reid said he has started reaching out to senators and discussing ...
Nevada to pay San Francisco $400,000 to settle patient-busing scandal: Monday, Oct. 5, 2015; Nevada has agreed to pay San Francisco an approximately $400,000 settlement related to the Silver State's practice of busing mentally ill patients to California. The tentative settlement, which includes attorney fees, could be ...
New road rules take effect in school zones: Friday, Oct. 2, 2015; Be extra cautious when driving near a school: the law just got stricter. A new law went into effect Thursday prohibits drivers from making U-turns or passing other ...
Outside gaming expo, table-game dealers push for smoke-free casinos: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015; Las Vegas dealers who picketed Tuesday morning outside the Global Gaming Expo say they can handle the occasional drunken customer or angry gambler losing bets. But there’s another ...
State to medical marijuana patients: Don’t freak out over delays to get your cards: Monday, Sept. 28, 2015; If you recently applied to obtain a medical marijuana card, bad news: It could take months for the state to process your application. The state medical marijuana registry grew 25 percent over ...
Two Las Vegas Valley hospitals recognized for quality, patient satisfaction: Friday, Sept. 25, 2015; Two local hospitals — Southern Hills and MountainView — have been recognized with a 2015 HealthInsight Quality Award for their performance in ...
Internal medicine residency program at MountainView Hospital is accredited: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015; MountainView Hospital announced today accreditation of an internal medicine residency program — another step forward in the region’s drive to produce and keep more doctors here.
The first batch of residents will ...
New medical school focus on community-based training: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015; When Barbara Atkinson arrived in Las Vegas a year ago as the planning dean of UNLV’s new medical school, she spent her first months meeting community members. She wanted their help: How to keep newly-minted doctors in town?
Free balance and memory screenings offered at Lou Ruvo Center: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015; In honor of National Fall Prevention Day today, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is hosting free balance and memory screenings ...
Cancer sucks for pets, too: Monday, Sept. 21, 2015; Oncology cases have been climbing at a local veterinary clinic, and many owners are willing to pay the price, even if their dog is uninsured. Dr. Andrew Vaughan suspects longer lives, bad breeding practices and more play a role in pets contracting cancer. And cancer-related surgeries can cost several ...
With flu season coming, Health District offering shots: Friday, Sept. 18, 2015; It’s almost that time of year again — flu season. The Southern Nevada Health District will begin offering the flu vaccine Monday at all of its public health centers. The vaccine is $41, and the ...
Two more in Clark County sickened in salmonella outbreak: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015; A multistate salmonella outbreak potentially linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico has sickened two more people in Clark County, bringing the total to six in the county and ...
Health District opening new Men’s Health Center: Monday, Sept. 14, 2015; Men seeking reproductive health services in the Las Vegas Valley will have a new place to turn. The Southern Nevada Health District announced ...
Nevada won’t reopen health care enrollment stores this year: Monday, Sept. 14, 2015; The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange will not operate brick-and-mortar enrollment stores during this year's sign-up period for government-subsidized health insurance. "It wasn't fiscally prudent to walk in that direction," Bruce Gilbert, executive director ...
Drought is taming wild horses in Southern Nevada: Monday, Sept. 14, 2015; The Bureau of Land Management rounded up more than 200 wild horses. Some were euthanized, others sent to Utah for rehabilitation and adoption. They can’t survive on their own in the drought-stricken desert, BLM officials say ...
‘I could see flames through the windows’: Passengers describe fire on McCarran flight: Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015; As British Airways Flight 2276 was hurtling down the runway at McCarran International Airport today on its way to London's Gatwick Airport, passenger Roy Dunk heard what he thought ...
Division of Insurance announces 2016 health care insurance rate hikes: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015; The Nevada Division of Insurance has announced a rate increase for health insurance in 2016. Rates for small businesses and their employees will increase 5 percent next year, while ...
Federal grant means big changes in children’s mental health services: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015; A nearly $11 million federal grant will transform how Nevada cares for children with mental health issues, according to state officials who cheered the award.
Nevada gets $10.8 million grant for childhood mental health services: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015; The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services has been selected to receive a nearly $11 million federal grant to expand mental health services for children and tweak the delivery model, officials announced today. The goal of the grant ...
Partnership gives cancer patients access to cutting-edge clinical trials: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015; Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada has announced a partnership with a nationally known cancer center based in Los Angeles. The University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and CCCN have entered ...
Health District program connects new mothers with nurses: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015; Nurses with the program have assisted 373 first-time mothers and their respective children.
Growing demand at MountainView Hospital prompts $90 million expansion: Monday, Aug. 31, 2015; MountainView Hospital is embarking on a $90 million expansion that will unfold over the next 18 months and significantly increase the hospital’s patient capacity ...
Longtime lawmaker chosen to lead Nevada anti-bullying office: Friday, Aug. 28, 2015; An Arizona state senator will lead a new Nevada Department of Education office focusing on preventing bullying and cyberbullying, officials announced ...
Nevada Health Co-Op to close, leaving thousands to find new insurance: Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015; The Nevada Health Co-Op, a consumer-owned and operated health plan created under the Affordable Care Act, is going out of business, state officials announced ...
Las Vegas couple reflect on decade in exile from Hurricane Katrina: Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015; When the television meteorologist caught his attention, Conrad Davillier was fastening his tie for Sunday Mass at his home in Diamondhead, Miss., about an hour northeast of ...
Family hopes daughter’s journey to recovery after hit-and-run will inspire others: Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015; Eight-year-old Brazyl Ward has come a long way since a motorist struck her almost two years ago while she was trick-or-treating on Halloween. The soon-to-be third-grader spent the summer ...
‘It’s tragic’: Tonopah’s only hospital closes: Friday, Aug. 21, 2015; The Nye Regional Medical Center, the only hospital in a 100-mile radius, closed at noon today, leaving rural residents worried about how they will ...
Residents uneasy about how nearby medical district might take shape: Friday, Aug. 21, 2015; A close-knit neighborhood just south of Charleston Boulevard near Rancho Drive has banded together to rally against the redevelopment of an adjacent parcel of ...
Las Vegas venture’s twist on yoga is gaining steam: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015; Steps away from the dinging slot machines, a serene silence fell over 200-some people sprawled out on yoga mats inside a Red Rock Resort nightclub ...
From tipsy to smashed: How alcohol affects your body: Monday, Aug. 17, 2015; You sip a martini, and it tastes great. So you sip it again. And again. You keep drinking and, soon enough, you’ve got a buzz. What’s happening inside your body?
The doctor is online: Monday, Aug. 17, 2015; Once a year, Bell Welch would pile his family of four into the car, drive four-plus hours west from Reno and spend the night in the Bay Area. It was the only way ...
Engelstad Family Foundation gives $200,000 to Freedom House: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015; Freedom House has received a $200,000 donation from the Engelstad Family Foundation to expand services ...
‘A hospitality feel’: Designing the new Henderson Hospital: Friday, Aug. 14, 2015; Months before construction crews moved dirt, a group of hospital employees toured the styrofoam landscape to test the design of the new facility — right down to the comfortableness of ...
Native Nevadan appointed to lead state health division: Friday, Aug. 14, 2015; A longtime state employee has been appointed to lead the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health ...
Wettest day of the year: Thunderstorm dumps heavy rain, causes havoc: Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015; Intense storms brought rain, lightning and winds in excess of 60 mph to the Las Vegas Valley Thursday afternoon, causing traffic-snarling car accidents, mass power outages and flooding at multiple ...
Southern Hills Hospital names chief executive officer: Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015; Southern Hills Hospital has named Adam Rudd — a hospital executive from South Carolina — as its chief executive officer, effective Sept. 7. Rudd comes to Las Vegas from ...
Cure 4 The Kids Foundation given $50,000 donation: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015; Cure 4 The Kids Foundation, which provides funding and access to medical treatment for children facing life-threatening diseases, received ...
Public invited to comment on Family Court hearing master candidates: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015; Now is the public’s chance to vet candidates for a hearing master position for the Family Court Division. The Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court ...
Hospitals hosting Valley Health System job fairs: Monday, Aug. 10, 2015; The Valley Health System is hosting a series of job fairs this month ...
Man killed Friday by Metro identified: Monday, Aug. 10, 2015; The man killed Friday by Metro Police officers has been identified as 24-year-old Abel Correa ...
Report: Nevada spending on tobacco prevention falls short: Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015; Nevada only spends about 3 percent of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for anti-tobacco initiatives — among the least in the nation, according to a new report by ...