Southern Nevadans are only at the beginning of the influenza season with no indication of how severe the season might become, a public health spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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The Nevada Board of Osteopathic Medicine is considering new standards for treating patients with chronic pain to help prevent highly addictive painkillers from being dispensed to people without a medical need.
Lifting the United States’ lifetime ban on blood donations by gay and bisexual men came as bittersweet news to some Southern Nevadans because there’s a caveat: Regulators will recommend those potential donors remain celibate for a year before they give.
As part of a project to earn a merit badge on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout, 13-year-old Phillip Bouchard raised over $1,400 dollars in gift cards and cash donations for the Las Vegas charity that helps families with critically ill children.
Clark County and University Medical Center officials are under additional pressure to lock a leadership team into place after the selection Friday of the public hospital’s third chief executive in less than a year.
University Medical Center officials Friday are poised to install their third chief executive in less than a year as the public hospital’s governing board meets to discuss a successor to Larry Barnard, who is taking a similar position in the private sector.
University Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Barnard is leaving his post less than a year after taking the position to become the president of St. Rose Dominican Hospital, San Martin campus.
Blood drives started in the past two years are helping to address a need during the season of giving when people are stretched in so many directions they might think they don’t have time to donate blood.
Santa, Opportunity Village Chief Development Officer Foundation Associate Executive Director Linda Smith, and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman flipped the switch to light the tree Friday at Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest.
Cases of the flu have been identified in Southern Nevada, and although the activity remains mild, the news provides additional impetus for people to get vaccinated and adhere to standard practices to help prevent illness.
Thirty Clark County individuals and families will be selected to receive an entire house worth of furniture from Walker Furniture in a mid-December giveaway.
Health Plan of Nevada has reached a confidential settlement with all remaining clients who claimed they contracted hepatitis C at endoscopy clinics owned by Dr. Dipak Desai.
Liberian expatriates, longtime Las Vegas churchgoers and service club members, educators and entrepreneurs are among Southern Nevadans who don’t need television images to visualize Ebola’s victims.
Providing health care services in a constantly evolving environment requires new approaches for preparing medical students, the leaders of Touro University Nevada said as the private, nonprofit school prepares to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
More than 75,000 people came to Nellis Air Force Base’s Aviation Nation show Saturday to see up close the fast, precision flying of the Thunderbirds and other aerial demonstration teams.
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