The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for the Las Vegas Valley and nearby areas, including Pahrump and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Nevada started implementing rules to address extreme heat illness in workplaces. Now, national employer groups and businesses are recommending them to the federal government.
Eating healthy snacks during the workday can be challenging. Many people find themselves facing down sugar, caffeine or carb cravings.
Up to 900,000 Americans each year develop a blood clot, which is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke, according to the CDC.
Hope Means Nevada, a nonprofit led by teens, has become one of the leading voices across the state for our young people.
Maria Del Carmen Gomez, 53, was attacked March 21 outside a convenience store at Craig Road and North Fifth Street. Her former boyfriend, Armando Vergara-Martinez, faces charges of attempted murder and domestic violence.
A grand jury on Friday indicted Dr. Dipak Desai and two nurse anesthetists on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Rodolfo Meana, a victim of Southern Nevada’s hepatitis C outbreak.
What would you do if you were a key player in a business responsible for one of the nation’s biggest public-health crises? Leave town? Find a new line of work? Change your name?
When Dr. Dale Carrison, chief of staff at University Medical Center, learned another physician had claimed that a 90-day jail stay would place boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s health in jeopardy, Carrison said he felt embarrassment for the medical profession. Carrison said ” sanity prevailed” when a judge denied Mayweather’s request to be placed under house arrest because of “inhumane” conditions at the Clark County Detention Center.
Sharon Ochoa-Reyes, a Sunrise Children’s Hospital nurse fired in connection with a 2010 baby death in the neonatal intensive care unit, filed a lawsuit Friday against the hospital and four of its executives, charging that she was wrongfully terminated and defamed.
International drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals will pay more than a quarter billion dollars to settle most of the lawsuits arising from Southern Nevada’s hepatitis C outbreak, closing a major chapter in the long legal battle for patients infected with the life-changing disease.
Dr. Dipak Desai, at the center of the hepatitis C outbreak, is faking his physical disabilities to obstruct the criminal case against him, a prosecutor argued Tuesday.
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There’s a weird, exhausting pressure in our culture to constantly be “growing.” It’s become an unwritten commandment: your career, your portfolio, even your mindfulness practice, everything must relentlessly climb upward. Downtime, traditionally a refuge, now feels like another chore penciled into an app, tracking your sleep like a stock price that better not dip.
The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for the Las Vegas Valley and nearby areas, including Pahrump and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The county has not confirmed any cases of the infectious disease since 2018, but it is urging parents to stay up to date on their children’s vaccines.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved receiving more than $550,000 to settle litigation with one of the largest entities tied to the nationwide opioid epidemic.
A smoke alert has been issued for the Las Vegas Valley as a result of California wildfires, the Clark County Division of Air Quality announced.
