At least one parent did not want to wait for tuberculosis testing by health officials, who are investigating potential exposures at over two dozens schools.
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The latest variant of COVID-19, BA.2.86, was not found in Southern Nevada as of last week, according to wastewater data.
UNLV is looking to expand its wastewater analysis program to detect drug use levels, as well as health threats like Candida auris.
Southern Nevada graduating medical students celebrated their matches with residency programs Friday. But Nevada medical school deans fear a “brain drain.”
President Joe Biden landed in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening and attended a private Democratic National Committee reception and fundraiser.
The outbreak at Wayne Tanaka Elementary School in the southwest valley began around Jan. 27, according to the health district.
The Clark County School Board approved a $1.4 million purchasing award for a company to provide primary care services for support professionals and police.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced Monday that norovirus may be the cause of an outbreak in late January at a Las Vegas elementary school.
After an individual at a valley elementary school tested positive for tuberculosis, school officials are working with the Southern Nevada Health District to test impacted students and faculty.
Family and community members gathered at Doolittle Community Center to remember Ashari Hughes, who collapsed and died after playing a flag football game Thursday.