Clark County employees are also seeing their contracts suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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A bill before the Nevada Legislature would require licensing for community-based living arrangements, the group homes which came under fire last year for housing the mentally ill in filthy conditions.
Clark County commissioners appeared frustrated Tuesday when representatives of WestCare, a national nonprofit addiction treatment group threatening to close its Las Vegas clinic, couldn’t answer questions about funding and care.
The Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Act, passed by the 2017 Legislature, outlines safeguards for doctors before they prescribe controlled substances to treat pain and increases requirements necessary to continue a prescription.
The County Commission on Tuesday will consider joining states, cities and counties across the U.S. suing manufacturers and distributors of painkillers in an effort to recoup some of the expenses they have borne.
A popular ridesharing app will offer free rides to and from treatments for Las Vegas cancer patients in June.
County health officials have detected a species of mosquito responsible for spreading Zika and other viruses for the first time in Southern Nevada.
She came into the world about three weeks early, but the surprise appearance of Rylin Zyairah Davis — the first baby born in a valley hospital in 2017 — made the arrival of the new year that much brighter for her parents.
A national pharmaceutical company has donated drug-deactivation pouches to help combat prescription opioid abuse in Southern Nevada through a new partnership with Roseman University of Health Sciences.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Summit concluded Thursday with a laundry list of recommendations to reduce opioid abuse in Nevada.
A month after the U.S. Department of Justice found the Nevada Department of Corrections discriminated against inmates with HIV and disabilities, officials removed a medical code from its computer system that could reveal a prisoner’s HIV-positive status to unauthorized staffers.
A legislative audit of the state dental board revealed systemic issues with the board’s operations, including poor record keeping and questions about how the public’s complaints are investigated.
Nevada’s senior citizens’ health and quality of life was again ranked among the lowest nationally in a UnitedHealthcare report released last week, placing 42nd — a single spot above the state’s 2015 ranking.
One of the first babies born in Las Vegas in 2016 arrived three weeks early to accept the honor. Born at 12:04 a.m. Friday, Julian Faustino Rodriguez was expected to be born Jan. 20, his mother said.
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The 10,000-square-foot Electric Playhouse, which bills itself as “a social gaming destination, opens this weekend at the Forum Shops at Caesars.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.
A woman who died in a fatal crash on Cheyenne Avenue near the 215 Beltway has been identified.
