The Southern Nevada Health District is calling attention to xylazine, an animal tranquilizer being increasingly linked to overdose deaths around the country.
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A California woman was enjoying EDM superstar Zedd’s set when the birth process began.
In a departure from his usual March Madness drill, legendary basketball coach Lon Kruger spent early Wednesday morning driving a cancer patient to and from an appointment for radiation treatment.
After an individual at a valley elementary school tested positive for tuberculosis, school officials are working with the Southern Nevada Health District to test impacted students and faculty.
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.
Teams of federal and state health officials had visited five hospitals and skilled nursing facilities as of Wednesday morning.
“I don’t look at the world in black and white,” said Dr. Fermin Leguen, who leads the Southern Nevada Health District.
The American Red Cross blood supply remains at dangerously low levels despite generous donations after declaring its first blood crisis earlier this month.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Thursday reported 515 new COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths in Clark County during the preceding day.