In Clark County, the virus had killed 10 people as of Jan. 6, including two children, and resulted in 476 hospitalizations, according to Southern Nevada Health District data.
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The new carrot to entice Democrats to vote for a temporary spending bill to keep the federal government operating came as prospects for a deal to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought here illegally as children.
The Silver State has the 10th-highest rate in the nation for diabetes among adults 65 and older, says a new report.
It’s not too late to get your flu shot. And if you need a little incentive, know that Nevada is listed as one of 26 states with high flu activity this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New CDC report based on annual survey shows the percentage of students who acknowledged sexual intercourse declined to 41 percent in 2015 from 47 percent in 2005.
It’s been only three days since Nevada’s new opioid prescription law took effect, and doctors already are venting about its impact on their practices.
Cancer and heart disease are more likely to kill Nevadans than any other causes, according to new data on 2016 deaths from the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
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.
Nearly 91,000 Nevadans enrolled in coverage for 2018 through the state exchange created by the Affordable Care Act during a shortened sign-up period, new data show. That exceeded the total for last year by about 1,900.
More Nevadans have health insurance now than four years ago, largely as a result of the state’s expansion of Medicaid, but most aren’t getting better care because of prohibitive costs, a new study finds.
State officials sought an extension of the open enrollment period on the state exchange created by the Affordable Care Act, but federal officials rejected the request.
Sign-ups increase 40 percent over same period last year, calming fears among state officials that confusion over the future of the Affordable Care Act would cause them to tank.
Five months after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was reported at the Rio, the number of confirmed cases of the pneumonia-like bacterial illness among guests has risen to seven, with 29 more cases suspected, the Southern Nevada Health District said Tuesday.
Wednesday marks the first day of open enrollment on the individual health insurance marketplaces. It will last 45 days instead of the usual 90.
Washoe County health official says unidentified male resident likely contracted disease while working in an enclosed area, garage, barn or shed where mouse droppings or urine was present.
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A woman died and a man was hospitalized after the car they were in was shot at by another vehicle, causing them to be ejected in the southwest valley, police said.
The valley will see more of the same Friday, with a high of 77 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
A man who died after he was pulled from a northwest Las Vegas house fire Thursday morning had been shot several times, police said.
Wesley Larsen, who was on his way home from a birthday party, died after the Sept. 5 collision near East Tropicana Avenue and South McLeod Drive.
