In a recent 17-month period, the two largest ambulance companies in Southern Nevada — AMR and MedicWest — have reached the 90 percent on-time contractual obligation with Clark County once and zero times, respectively.
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Resorts World and Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada partnered to give 10-year-old Harli Hecht an experience dubbed “Time of Her Life.”
Higher cases numbers are concerning, though a facility where a case of Candida auris is identified may not be where the patient acquired the germ.
Gwen Vaughn took care of her mother with Parkinson’s at home until the disease progressed to where Nancy needed to enter a memory care facility. Then Gwen herself was diagnosed with the disease at age 48.
The machine, which also offers free naxolone and pregnancy tests, is meant to reduce HIV risk and treat opioid overdoses.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife said birds have shown symptoms of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza at Sunset Park.
CDC identifies first pediatric case cluster in U.S. as outbreaks of once-rare Candida auris sweep Southern Nevada medical facilities.
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.
A Las Vegas hospital joins an FDA clinical trial to confirm the safety and feasibility of using a new, single-incision technology in a variety of colorectal surgeries.
Fremont Public Health Center, an arm of the Southern Nevada Health District, is now open and offering primary care and family planning services.
The Southern Nevada Health District recommends that everyone 6 months and older get this season’s flu vaccine.
“Monkeypox has not yet burst out of the population that it is most affecting,” men who have sex with men, an infectious disease expert said.
About 200 people gathered Wednesday at Chuck Minker Sports Complex to mark International Overdose Awareness Day and to remember those who lost their lives due to overdose.
“We are in control mode now,” a Southern Nevada Health District official said.
Las Vegas officials envision the city’s two-decades-in-the-making medical district as a hub for health care into the future.