Ann Lynch, a hospital vice president who co-founded a few local nonprofit organizations and served a tenure as the National PTA president, died on Dec. 23.
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Understaffing has hospital patients calling 9-1-1, according to workers as their union contract is due to expire next week.
Southern Nevada graduating medical students celebrated their matches with residency programs Friday. But Nevada medical school deans fear a “brain drain.”
Dr. Nicholas J. Vogelzang was known not just for his groundbreaking research but also for his generous bedside manner.
The City Council is scheduled Wednesday to consider talks for a possible mixed-use medical campus at the 50-acre property.
Nevada families are struggling to find their preferred brand of infant formula after a product recall pinched an already-tight supply chain nationwide.
A brief rundown of current restrictions in the city and Clark County for those visiting for the holidays.
The Helmsley Charitable Trust, a national philanthropic organization largely focused on health initiatives and grants, awarded the grants to Nevada hospitals as part of its rural healthcare program.
Camp Cartwheel, the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation’s four-day camp program for children diagnosed with chronic or critical illnesses and their siblings, goes virtual for a second year due to pandemic concerns.
The health sciences university acquired a three-story building off Town Center Drive and the 215 Beltway.
Large Las Vegas venues including T-Mobile Arena are being considered as potential COVID-19 vaccination sites as the state works to speed up distribution efforts.
Nevada will remain in Phase Two of the state’s reopening plan through July. Masks are required in nearly all public spaces and testing has expanded.
To replace the closing sites, Three Square Food Bank has added two weekly drive-thru distributions, which will begin Saturday and Wednesday at Central Christian Church at 1001 New Beginnings Drive in Henderson.
For Las Vegas residents and the Strip, experts say, “It’s going to be a long time to get back to what we had at the early part of this year — that ‘normal.’ ”
Las Vegas drive-up clinics expect more coronavirus tests this week, and there is hope a new rapid-result test will boost availability.