Officials warn of the possibility of a spike in West Nile virus in Southern Nevada this summer.
Mary Hynes
Mary Hynes returned to the Review-Journal in August 2019 as the newspaper’s health reporter after working in public affairs and communications for MGM Resorts International. She previously worked as an editor and a reporter at the RJ. The University of Colorado graduate also worked as a reporter at newspapers in Colorado. She is a native of Oregon.
COVID-19 cases in Clark County and statewide continue to trend downward after a Thanksgiving spike.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough urged veterans to seek medical care and compensation under one of the largest expansions of VA healthcare services in U.S. history.
The new Sam Boyd Stadium site will open Sunday. Hours of operation are Sunday through Thursday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Analysis of valley’s wastewater shows that omicron dominates and also reveals the highest levels of the coronavirus to date.
Some workers received exemptions, but not for “political positions and scientifically inaccurate reasons,” a St. Rose Dominican hospital representative said.
Jeremy Smallwood, who earned his doctorate in astronomy in May, and colleagues believe they have found the space oddity 1,300 light years away in the constellation of Orion.
Five-year, $6 million program in Las Vegas Valley is announced in effort to end AIDS.
Clark County and Southern Nevada Health District officials debuted Tuesday the valley’s first large-scale, drive-thru vaccination site.
The clinic administering second doses of COVID-19 vaccine will accept some walk-in patients for the next month, the Southern Nevada Health District said Thursday.
Vaccinations in Clark County for this age group could begin as soon as Jan. 11 at area pharmacies.
Those 75 and older have been moved up in priority, but many remain confused about when they will be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine and how doses will be administered.
The state expects to receive vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
Diagnostic testing for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is available for two days this week at The Orleans to anyone who wants it.
Nathan Harrington nearly died after being struck by the lung illness in July, but local health authorities yet to be notified of a possible case of vaping-related illness.