Despite a West Nile virus outbreak, health authorities say they face a challenge convincing local residents that they need to protect themselves against the tiny bloodsuckers.
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The first 100 people in line Monday morning at Risas Dental and Braces will be able to choose from among four free services.
Feeling like an outsider can be daunting for anyone. For children who are born with or have developed a serious heart condition, that feeling can be even more intimidating.
Southern Nevada, Southern California and central Arizona are the nation’s “hot zone” for West Nile virus, reporting the highest number of cases of the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease in the U.S.
Southern Nevada Health District authorities say customers of the convenience store may have been exposed to the virus.
The Thursday event, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chuck Minker Sports Complex, 275 N. Mojave Road in Las Vegas, is free and open to the public.
When Lindsey LiCari donated her 3-year-old sons corneas through the Nevada Donor Network, she says she was assured they would go to recipients in the U.S.
The number of cases of West Nile virus in Clark County has risen to a record 28, prompting the Southern Nevada Health District to declare an outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness.
Treating hangovers has become serious business on the Las Vegas Strip, prompting the Clark County Commission on Tuesday to take steps toward regulating the IV-therapy industry.
Suicide ends lives, but it also creates new beginnings for those who attempt to kill themselves but live, and those who must find the will to go on without lost loved ones.
An allegation of Medicaid fraud last year against Northwest Academy led state officials to temporarily suspend payments to the boarding school.
Nevada is asking a federal judge to amend a lawsuit so the state can force the federal government to remove a half metric ton of plutonium secretly shipped to the Nevada National Security Site last fall.
“More donations are urgently needed to replenish the blood supply and be prepared for patient emergencies,” the American Red Cross in Las Vegas said this week.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Thursday has confirmed a case of the measles in a visitor to Las Vegas who frequented Luxor and Mandalay Bay early this month.
BioLife Plasma Services on Saturday will open a new donor center in Henderson, its first in Nevada.
On any given night, you can find something special at Lee’s Family Forum. Whether you are watching the future stars of the Vegas Golden Knights hit the ice with the Henderson Silver Knights, sitting front row to the world’s fastest football with the Vegas Knight Hawks, or watching some of the best volleyball players on […]
The park near Bermuda Road and Pebble Road honors a Metropolitan Police Department sergeant who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2006.
Officials broke ground in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside for a College of Southern Nevada facility designed to help people get into high-demand industries.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A joint traffic safety operation by the Nevada Highway Patrol and California Highway Patrol resulted in hundreds of drivers cited over Memorial Day weekend, authorities said.