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The numbers, reflecting the first year of signups through the state’s new online marketplace, were down 7.4 percent from last year’s preliminary total of 83,600.
The eye bank lost its accreditation to process and distribute eye tissue after identifying “process gaps” in its operations.
Nevada still falls below the national average in key areas, said Jeremy Aguero, principal analyst with Applied Analysis, which crunched the numbers.
Echoing similar warnings by the CDC, the Southern Nevada Health district and other authorities warn that use of e-cigarettes can cause serious lung illness.
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.
One female and one male tested positive for a neuroinvasive form of West Nile virus, bringing the total number of cases in Clark County to eight this year.
The county has seen five cases of West Nile virus this year, compared to zero last year, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A local woman recently was infected by a “serious neuroinvasive form” of West Nile virus, the Southern Nevada Health District announced Monday.