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Flesh-eating disease nearly took life of Arizona woman

Virginia Nixon has no memory of the frantic 103-mile trip in January to a hospital in Las Vegas. But she will never forget the healer she calls “my angel,” who played a key role in diagnosing the blistering wound on her leg as necrotizing fasciitis — the often deadly malady better known as flesh-eating disease.

 
Government looks to reduce nicotine in cigarettes

For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren’t so addictive.

 
Dog-walking app Wag now available in Las Vegas

Wag, a smartphone app that has been described as a sort of Uber for dogs, fetches walkers for dogs rather than rides for people.

 
Number of middle, high school students smoking on the decline

According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the estimated number of middle and high school students who are tobacco users dropped from 4.7 million in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2016.