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Global warming taking toll on people’s health, doctors say

Global warming is hurting people’s health a bit more than previously thought, but there’s hope that the Earth — and populations — can heal if the planet kicks its coal habit, a group of doctors and other experts said.

Director of UNLV HIV program kicked off campus

The university on Monday placed Dr. Echezona Ezeanolue, the program’s director, and Dina Patel, a pediatric nurse practitioner, on administrative leave. They were escorted off the campus, according to their attorney, Jacob Hafter.

Grand Canyon ‘rim-to-rim’ record latest incredible fitness feat

Tim Freriks blazed from the North Rim to the South Rim at a blistering pace on Oct. 1, crossing the 21-mile chasm to claim what is called the “fastest known time.” There was no prize, only bragging rights to the unofficial record.

Lawsuit filed to force UNLV to reopen maternal-HIV clinic

A lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of a 4-year-old HIV positive girl seeks to force UNLV to reopen a maternal-HIV program that was suspended more than a month ago.

 
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency

President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency Thursday in a packed East Room ceremony that highlighted his caring side.

Conjoined twins survive rare surgery, ready to go home

More than four months after the formerly conjoined twins were separated in a rare surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, their mother said there have been rewarding but “terrifying” moments as the 15-month-olds recover.

Mormon missionaries now allowed more technology, smartphones

The Mormon church’s gradual embrace of the digital age for missionaries took another step forward as the religion announced it is nearly doubling the missions where technology is allowed and swapping out tablets for smartphones.

Butterfly prompts Girl Scouts to close camp near Las Vegas

The Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada is abandoning its longtime camp in the mountains west of Las Vegas, in part because of restrictions placed on the property to protect the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly.

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