A federal grand jury indictment charged Dr. David James Smith with conspiring to manufacture and distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud.
Mary Hynes
Mary Hynes returned to the Review-Journal in August 2019 as the newspaper’s health reporter after working in public affairs and communications for MGM Resorts International. She previously worked as an editor and a reporter at the RJ. The University of Colorado graduate also worked as a reporter at newspapers in Colorado. She is a native of Oregon.
A retired neurosurgeon, Lonnie Hammargren was likely best known for opening his Las Vegas home on Nevada Day to show off his eclectic collection of artifacts.
What parents and bystanders can do to prevent the tragedy of kids and pets dying in hot cars.
Understaffing has hospital patients calling 9-1-1, according to workers as their union contract is due to expire next week.
Scorching temperatures herald the end of the spring allergy season, when there’s been unusually high levels of ragweed.
Nationwide shortage of two dozen chemotherapy drugs results in delayed care and rationing for cancer patients.
The Iowa medical board also accuses Las Vegas cardiothoracic surgeon Giovanni Ciuffo of harmful and misleading practices.
Southern Nevada Health District will continue to provide free vaccine and testing, though not as widely.
Experts explain the symptoms, treatments and possible causes.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths all remain at very low levels in Clark County and statewide.
Proposed legislation that would dramatically increase the cap on awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases would intensify a doctor shortage in Nevada, opponents say.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Officials warn of the possibility of a spike in West Nile virus in Southern Nevada this summer.
Cases and hospitalizations, already at low levels, continue to trend downward.
Las Vegas physician Dr. George Chambers, accused of sexual misconduct with three patients, spoke during a hearing by a state medical licensing board.