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.
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A proposal asked Boyd Gaming shareholders to study the effects of making casinos smoke-free. It was the first of three proposals across the industry to get a vote.
Three supplements from Harmonic Innerprizes in Henderson contained lead levels that might harm young children or pregnant women, health officials said.
The Clark County Fire Department and University Medical Center held a safety demonstration to show how improperly frying a turkey can cause burns or a fire.
Turquoise pools and glittery electric-blue pupfish stand out at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, a remarkable oasis about 90 miles west of Las Vegas.
The Southern Nevada Health District is offering immunization clinics so students can get vaccinated before the new school year begins Aug. 7.
Resorts World and Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada partnered to give 10-year-old Harli Hecht an experience dubbed “Time of Her Life.”
The Southern Nevada Health District recommends that everyone 6 months and older get this season’s flu vaccine.
Health officials have confirmed the first case of monkeypox in Nye County.
All of the cases are in men who identify as having sex with other men, the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday.
Nevada families are struggling to find their preferred brand of infant formula after a product recall pinched an already-tight supply chain nationwide.
The Clark County School District is looking to implement the program when in-person classes resume Wednesday after a “five-day pause” spurred by staffing shortages.
Omicron now accounts for 92 percent of cases in Clark County, according to data from the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
More than $1 billion has been poured into the nonprofit trust for Clark County schoolteachers and families — with little financial accountability in place.
A new health insurance agreement aims to give Clark County teachers something they have never had — a safety net.
Intense heat grips southern Nevada every summer. However, in recent years, the topic of worksite heat stress safety has become a focus. In 2022, Federal OSHA introduced its national emphasis program on heat stress safety. The same year, Nevada OSHA also issued its state heat stress guidelines for businesses. As summer 2024 approaches, it’s time […]
Shiva Gummi was arrested in April 2023 after he told a 911 dispatcher he had killed his wife, who was a new doctor at University Medical Center.
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.