Since Saturday, DeJoy Wilson has been hospitalized at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center with a broken back, broken ribs and other injuries.
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Tenants of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building jumped from second- and third-story windows to escape an early-morning fire Saturday that killed six and injured 13.
Three people in Clark County and one in Nye County have become ill as part of a 13-state outbreak linked to contact with pet store puppies, according to local and state health agencies.
Fred Warnick, 73, is the first patient in the world to participate in a drug trial for a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The results so far have been promising.
Their message to Alicia and the other young patients and their families: You are not alone this holiday season.
Two Southern Nevada ambulance companies are asking residents to help light up the outside of the hospitals with flashlights and neon lights to show support for the children.
All three of the fatal cases were in people 65 or older, according to the health district’s weekly flu report. At this time last season, there had been only one death reported.
Walgreens flu index uses prescriptions for antiviral medications such as Tamiflu, which are used to treat influenza, to track the spread of the virus around the nation.
A Las Vegas plastic surgeon has sued a Henderson plastic surgeon and his wife for defamation, claiming they posed as a dissatisfied patient to post fake reviews online.
Residents who are not insured by their employer, Medicaid or Medicare can shop NevadaHealthLink.com for plans that cover the benefits mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
“Staff just told me there was a situation where the ambulances might not be available for response,” Tim Szymanski, a spokesman for the Fire Department, said Thursday.
The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has revoked the license of a Las Vegas doctor who gave opioids to a Henderson judge who later fatally overdosed.
The Clark County cases are part of what federal and local health authorities describe as an outbreak of serious health disease linked to e-cigarettes.
A Las Vegas psychiatrist has been publicly reprimanded for failing to redirect a female patient when she began to touch him inappropriately.
“There’s not anything done in burn care that we can’t do right here today,” Dr. Jay Coates, medical director of the hospital’s Comprehensive Burn and Reconstructive Center, said Wednesday.
The flu vaccine is available at the Southern Nevada Health District’s immunization clinics as well as community clinics and pharmacies throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
The change would be “disastrous” for Southern Nevada, dramatically lengthening wait times for patients, said Dr. John Ham, medical director at UMC’s Center for Transplantation.
A bad flu season in Australia has some medical experts preparing for the worst in the U.S. and in Nevada, which has a lower than average vaccination rate.
Southwest Las Vegas residents are concerned about safety, traffic and home values after three rehab facilities opened within blocks of each other.
Despite a West Nile virus outbreak, health authorities say they face a challenge convincing local residents that they need to protect themselves against the tiny bloodsuckers.