With summer arriving in the Las Vegas Valley, the city of Henderson launched a water safety campaign by staging a mock drowning.
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A collaborative effort in Nevada to use wastewater as an early warning system for diseases appears to be the nation’s first to detect the COVID strain known as FLiRT.
There are many ways to find a police station or pharmacy near you where you can dispose of your expired medication.
The out-of-state visitor was in the valley from April 1 to April 6. The health district does not have information about the person’s immunization status.
Two K-9s from the Clark County School District Police Department have returned to work after being exposed to “dangerous drugs.”
Henderson Animal Care and Control had stopped dog adoptions as it treated animals for canine Pneumovirus, which can cause coughing, sneezing and nasal discharge.
There’s an urgent need for foster parents while confirmed and suspected canine influenza cases rise across the Las Vegas Valley.
A tuberculosis investigation is underway involving a person with active TB who was on 26 Clark County School District campuses and at a district training center.
“If one pint of blood can save up to three lives, imagine what the whole country could do,” is a slogan the national campaign uses.
Officials said the Father’s Day weekend deaths highlight the need to focus on safety and considerate behavior.
The outbreak at Wayne Tanaka Elementary School in the southwest valley began around Jan. 27, according to the health district.
A Clark County teen has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that he was likely infected with while in Lake Mead, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The facility is being built to keep up with growth in the northwest valley, Centennial Hills Hospital CEO Sajit Pullarkat said.
Health officials have confirmed the first case of monkeypox in Nye County.
COVID-19 self-test vending machines have opened at two locations, according to a Southern Nevada Health District news release.