After being locked out by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital volunteers are again boosting morale, helping stretched staff and reaping the benefits of “doing something useful.”
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In the countdown to Christmas, it’s time to stock up on eggnog, wrapping paper and, possibly, rapid home COVID-19 tests.
A candle-lighting ceremony at Tivoli Village in Las Vegas on Sunday marked the eighth and final day of Hanukkah.
Festive events in which everyone can celebrate the Jewish holiday in the Las Vegas Valley.
MountainView and Sarah Cannon, the cancer institute of HCA HealthCare, are offering the treatment to patients with blood cancers and blood disorders who previously have had to leave the state for a transplant, the hospital said.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced Tuesday that booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson Johnson vaccine, in addition to the Pfizer vaccine, are available at its clinics for those who are eligible.
On Friday morning, Darrell Martin of Southern BBQ Pit returned to the hospital for the first time, bearing plates of food for the staff that saved his life.
It’s news bad enough to drain the blood from even the strongest vampire. Southern Nevada is home to some of the worst locales for our blood-sucking friends.
The Arizona community, south of Las Vegas, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the London Bridge’s relocation from the U.K. to the desert.
New data and anecdotal reports in Clark County indicate that cases and hospitalizations involving kids with COVID-19 have increased sharply.
Spencer Haywood played 12 seasons in the NBA and in four All-Star games. He won an Olympic gold medal and an NBA title. But none of that particularly impressed his daughter, Shaakira, a New York City psychologist.
In a letter Monday to priests and pastors, Bishop George Leo Thomas advises priests to not issue COVID vaccination exemptions.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic poses an “imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health.” He condemned the spread of what he called “common myths” by those who are refusing to get vaccinated.
Southern Nevada health officials sounded the alarm in June over a cluster of “breakthrough” cases of the coronavirus delta variant among vaccinated employees of a Las Vegas hospital.
Experts in Las Vegas who participated in clinical trials of aducanumab, approved Monday by the FDA, say it is the first drug that appears to slow “the disease process itself.”