It dispenses syringe kits, hygiene kits, wound care kits, hormone injection kits, safer sex kits, pregnancy tests and nasal naloxone, which is used for emergency treatment of opioid overdoses.
The first flu-related deaths of the season have been reported in Clark County amid a sharp increase in influenza cases, health officials said. Two women, one in her 40s and another ...
In Nevada, 1% of all RSV tests administered came back positive in October. That rate had risen to 10% as of Nov. 5, the CDC said. Around this time last year, positive RSV tests were sitting at roughly 3%. Southern Nevada alone reported 150 cases of RSV in September, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. Officials at the Southern Nevada Health District said ...
Children's hospitals in parts of the U.S. are seeing a surge in a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies. RSV cases fell dramatically two years ago as the pandemic shut down schools, day cares and businesses. With restrictions easing ...
MGM Resorts International is gifting $1 million to a Las Vegas autism foundation to help people with developmental disabilities land jobs with the company, President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle said. The donation ...
The Southern Nevada Health District has reported the first death of a Clark County resident diagnosed with monkeypox. The patient, a man over 50, had underlying medical conditions and was ...
A task force is being established to reduce the number of drug overdoses in Nevada, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced today. The joint advisory task force is being created in ...
The Southern Nevada Health District has expanded eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine to include more people at risk for exposure. Monkeypox causes symptoms beginning with ...
Nevada has been found in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act for institutionalizing children with behavioral health disabilities who could have remained with ...
The Southern Nevada Health District is warning about the dangers of fentanyl after four overdose deaths around Las Vegas last month. Fentanyl deaths are on the rise in Clark County, with ...
Touro University and Metro have partnered for the program, which began over the summer and is funded by a $1 million grant from the Engelstad Foundation. The training Metro officers receive comes primarily from military medicine and adapts ...
A health care company is offering $15,000 sign-on bonuses for new hire nurses in the Las Vegas Valley, an area that has long struggled to find enough nursing professionals to fill the needs of its growing population.
“It’s the schools, in conjunction with the hospitals and clinics in which we practice, [that would] really provide the best level of care for our community.”