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Las Vegas Valley flu season less severe than last year’s so far

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be less severe than last, according to data from the Southern Nevada Health District, which show there have been no deaths linked to the flu so far.

Las Vegas hospital raises awareness about Medicaid repayments

A video of a swaddled baby, hooked up to breathing tubes, his tiny fingers and toes poking out from underneath a wrap, leads the homepage of the Every Baby Counts Nevada campaign site.

 
Taught by tragedy, Las Vegas mom now a stickler for flu vaccinations

Brenda Occhipinti lost her 12-year-old son, Carlo Jr., to the flu last year. The terrible loss has opened her eyes to the risks of leaving children unvaccinated, and she made sure his surviving siblings all got their shots this year.

Parents warned of dangers of co-sleeping with children

Fatality numbers are entered into a database through the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, shows that in 2016, Clark County saw 25 sleeping-related infant deaths.

Las Vegas-area hospitals like ‘war zones’ after Strip massacre

“From our patients’ wounds you could tell a high-powered weapon had been used,” said one trauma surgeon who spent five straight hours in surgery after Sunday night’s mass shooting.