The hospital will cut down on emergency room and inpatient beds, eliminate its intensive care unit and shrink its acute-care capabilities, including surgery, spokeswoman Jennifer Cooper said Thursday.
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Noncigarette tobacco products and limited funding for state tobacco control programs contributed to the low scores on the American Lung Association’s annual scorecard.
In Clark County, the virus had killed 10 people as of Jan. 6, including two children, and resulted in 476 hospitalizations, according to Southern Nevada Health District data.
The new carrot to entice Democrats to vote for a temporary spending bill to keep the federal government operating came as prospects for a deal to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought here illegally as children.
The Silver State has the 10th-highest rate in the nation for diabetes among adults 65 and older, says a new report.
The days of student backpacks in Lyon County serving as a sort of community billboard may be numbered after a dispute erupted over flyers submitted by a local church containing religious terms.
It’s not too late to get your flu shot. And if you need a little incentive, know that Nevada is listed as one of 26 states with high flu activity this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New CDC report based on annual survey shows the percentage of students who acknowledged sexual intercourse declined to 41 percent in 2015 from 47 percent in 2005.
It’s been only three days since Nevada’s new opioid prescription law took effect, and doctors already are venting about its impact on their practices.
Cancer and heart disease are more likely to kill Nevadans than any other causes, according to new data on 2016 deaths from the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
The Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Act, passed by the 2017 Legislature, outlines safeguards for doctors before they prescribe controlled substances to treat pain and increases requirements necessary to continue a prescription.
Jeff Iverson, clean and sober since a 2006 drug arrest, founded Freedom House Sober Living in 2010 as a way to help others find their path to addiction recovery.
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