Patients describe the difference the clinic made in helping them turn the page on their drug addictions.
Mary Hynes
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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.
Their vessel was turned away from at least 11 ports of call out of fears that passengers could spread the new coronavirus from China.
Eleven people died of the flu in Clark County during the last week in January, bringing the seasonal total to 24, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
The Southern Nevada Health District is monitoring an undisclosed number of Clark County residents who recently returned from mainland China for the new coronavirus.
The Chinese-American community in Las Vegas launches a drive for donations and medical supplies much in need in Chinese hospitals in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Two new deaths from the flu have been recorded in Clark County in the past week, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A Clark County resident with a possible case of the 2019 novel coronavirus has tested negative, the Southern Nevada Health District announced Sunday. .
Las Vegas resident Hanna Olivas, who emerged as a right-to-die advocate following her blood cancer diagnosis, has created a nonprofit to assist others living with the disease.
The resident has been discharged from a local hospital and is in isolation at home, said the Southern Nevada Health District, which is awaiting test results from the CDC.
While the global spread of the new coronavirus from China grabs headlines, the flu already has sickened 15 million people in the U.S. and killed about 8,200 this season.
Southern Nevada Health District officials said that the possible case of a new coronavirus has been found in a resident of Clark County who recently visited Wuhan, China.
Representatives with Walgreens and CVS said that they are working with their suppliers to meet an increased demand for items such as face masks and hand sanitizer.
As thousands of tourists from China and other Asian countries arrive in Las Vegas to celebrate the Lunar New Year, experts say the new coronavirus poses no immediate threat.
McCarran International Airport is not taking special precautions as a result of the deadly coronavirus outbreak circulating mostly in China.
Erica Stiles, a student at Touro University Nevada in Henderson, agreed to play a patient as part of a classroom ultrasound demonstration last year.