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Nevada breaks with UNLV health clinic over patient conditions

Nevada health officials confirmed Tuesday they cut ties with UNLV’s mental health clinic, after the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the university continued placing mentally ill clients in an unlicensed home previously closed by the state because of filthy conditions.

Asian herb kratom suspected as source of salmonella outbreak

The herb, used both as a stimulant and for pain relief, is the likely source of a salmonella outbreak in 20 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.

2 more flu deaths in Clark County push death toll to 24

The total death toll from flu cases as of Feb. 10 is almost triple last year’s total at that time, the Southern Nevada Health District reports.

 
News of Florida shooting hits some in Las Vegas hard

Call volumes are increasing at the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center following the shooting in Florida, and experts say many people are still absorbing news of the latest massacre and may not experience symptoms immediately.

 
Opioid abuse spreads to over-counter anti-diarrhea medicine

U.S. health regulators on Tuesday asked makers of popular anti-diarrhea drugs to sell their medications in smaller amounts to make them harder to abuse.