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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.
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.
A federal in Washington, D.C., will review a motion for summary judgment in favor of the Las Vegas man who suffers chronic breathing problems that he says were caused by burning stealth coatings and bits in open pits at the base.
The White House on Wednesday sidestepped commenting directly on the large price increase for EpiPens, while Clinton called the price jump ‘outrageous.’
Southern Nevada health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in Clark County this year.