Agriculture secretary announces initiative at Gov. Sandoval’s drug abuse summit
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Adult female mosquitoes can pass the Zika virus along to their offspring, a finding that makes clear the need for pesticide programs that kill both adult mosquitoes and their eggs.
A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has called physicians, politicians and law enforcement officials to a summit meeting this week to address the national opioid epidemic’s impact on Nevada.
Increasing Nevada’s screening rates for colorectal cancer would save dozens of lives each year, health experts said Friday at an event aimed at increasing public awareness about the disease.
A pregnant woman in Northern Nevada has contracted Zika virus, health officials said Friday, providing the first public acknowledgement of such a case statewide.
Southern Nevada health officials reported a case of St. Louis encephalitis Friday — the first human case of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease in Clark County since 2007.
The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.
Mylan is bulking up programs that help patients pay for its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment after weathering heated criticism about an average cost that has soared over the past decade.
Sea Port Products Corp. bay scallops have been linked to an outbreak of hepatitis A in Hawaii