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UNLV is looking to expand its wastewater analysis program to detect drug use levels, as well as health threats like Candida auris.
Candida auris cases in Southern Nevada “have been alarmingly trending in the wrong direction,” the delegation states in a letter to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Among the culprits are climate events — extreme heat, prolonged drought, heavy dust storms and wildfires — all of which increase air pollution, a clean air expert said.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain low in Clark County and statewide.
A small amount of evidence suggests that Candida auris — a potentially deadly fungus causing outbreaks in Southern Nevada — is spreading outside of medical settings, health authorities said.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain at low levels in Clark County and statewide.
“This project will continue to put UMC on the map,” said Mason Van Houweling, the county hospital’s CEO.
Nevada lab scientists track the spread of potentially lethal Candida auris, which is becoming more resistant to current treatments.
The population has plenty of “exercise opportunities” but also high rates of sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study.
In a departure from his usual March Madness drill, legendary basketball coach Lon Kruger spent early Wednesday morning driving a cancer patient to and from an appointment for radiation treatment.
In April, the Neighborhood Clinic will open its doors to those living on the street. And this is only the beginning, clinic co-founders Trent Hofmockel and Dan Briggs said.
The Review-Journal’s Aging Wellness Expo is set to take place Saturday at South Point.
Hospitalizations in Nevada from COVID-19, RSV and flu are at “near-record lows.”
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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.