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Effects of climate change reflected by earth, air, fire, water — and anxiety: Monday, May 9, 2022; An American Psychiatric Association poll revealed that more than half of Americans were “somewhat or extremely anxious about the impact of climate change on their own mental health.” The poll also showed an increase in Americans who said they agree that climate change is probably or definitely affecting mental health, a group that grew from 47% in 2019 to 68% in 2020.
Podcast: How Nevada is working to address climate change: Sunday, May 8, 2022; This is the seventh episode of “Heating Up,” a Las Vegas Sun podcast.
Podcast: Mental health expert details how patients have climate anxieties: Saturday, May 7, 2022; In the sixth episode of “Heating Up,” the Sun’s Arleigh Rodgers speaks with Emily Lewis of the outpatient therapy practice Veridian Wellness in Henderson.
Podcast: Climate change is impacting people of color: Tuesday, May 3, 2022; Make It Work focuses on environmental justice because climate change is an issue currently impacting people of color and low-income people in Nevada, Washington said.
For transgender youths, visibility is up, but struggle for acceptance continues: Monday, April 25, 2022; Huntridge Family Clinic is one of few Las Vegas health care providers offering gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, said Rob Phoenix, nurse practitioner and owner of the clinic. Phoenix said he has been a nurse practitioner in Las Vegas since 1997, but his experience with gender care began with a phone call from a mother in 2013 — her son wanted to transition, she said, and she could find neither a primary care physician nor pediatrician who was willing to help. Nine years later, this hesitancy from youth providers has not changed, Phoenix said.
Podcast: Natural disasters have mental and physical implications: Sunday, April 24, 2022; In the fourth episode of “Heating Up,” the Sun’s Arleigh Rodgers talks with Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, a UNLV senior who conducts policy research for Brookings Mountain West that focuses heavily on climate policy.
Podcast: Urban heat island effect hits Las Vegas hard: Saturday, April 23, 2022; A 2020 study from UNLV’s Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute on the urban heat island effect found that Las Vegas “ranked as the most intense urban heat island in the United States in both daytime and nighttime metrics between 2004 and 2013.”
UNLV 'We Need To Talk' series’ focus shines light on Las Vegas’ eastside: Tuesday, April 19, 2022; Before Nathalie Martinez graduated from UNLV in 2021, she worked as a student oral historian for the Latinx Voices Project, collecting oral ...
Podcast: An expert explains climate anxiety: Saturday, April 16, 2022; The process of understanding pre-traumatic, continuous or post-traumatic stress disorder as brought on by climate crisis could be informed by victims of natural disasters like hurricanes.
Children hooked on devices more since pandemic: Wednesday, April 13, 2022; Elijah Jackson, like most children restricted to indoor activities early in the coronavirus pandemic, passed time by staying busy on his electronics. He played Fortnite and watched and made videos on the ...
Podcast: How the Las Vegas heat is impacting the homeless: Saturday, April 9, 2022; Last summer, fires from California bled into Northern Nevada. The intense burning was initially sparked by humans and spurred on by that summer’s intensely dry conditions and high temperatures.
UNLV researchers look to data in quest to make drivers more cautious, roads safer: Thursday, April 7, 2022; Data from 2019 to 2020 shows a sharp uptick in the number of unintentional injuries, which includes traffic accidents, from approximately 63,000 to about 80,200. From 2018 to 2019, the number had increased by 1,000.
Vegas jewelry store owner donating sales to Ukraine relief: Monday, April 4, 2022; Glimmering gemstones in blue and yellow highlight the decorative trees that will be sold at Karma and Luck, a Las Vegas-based jewelry company. But all the sales of these sparkling trees will not go to owner Vladi Bergman’s pocket. Rather, the Ukrainian business owner said he wants to instead give back to his country, struggling under ...
UNLV law students get inside view to historic Senate confirmation hearing: Nevada senators arrange for group to ‘see democracy in action’; Sunday, March 27, 2022; The UNLV students were allowed in the hearing chambers for 30 minutes each. Afterward, they met the Nevada senators and their staffs.
Las Vegas food truck serves Russian cuisine, but operators stand firmly with Ukraine: Friday, March 25, 2022; With roots in both Ukraine and Russia, the food truck owners said the decision to donate to Ukraine causes was barely a conversation: How could they not help, they questioned, when their own friends and family members were protesting in Russia, fleeing to Poland or seeing their home break down around them?
SNHD: Wastewater surveillance dashboard to include COVID-19 concentration data: Wednesday, March 23, 2022; Four Las Vegas agencies are collaborating on a new wastewater surveillance dashboard to track emerging cases of COVID-19 in Clark County. Led by UNLV ...
Las Vegas volunteer medical organization throws a lifeline to residents in need: Monday, March 21, 2022; For uninsured Nevadans, Volunteers in Medicine can be a lifeline to the costly barriers of health care in the state. The two local locations combine to see 865 patients, 70% of whom are Latino.
Las Vegas family, in mid-adoption, holds out hope their child can make it out of Ukraine: Sunday, March 20, 2022; They cannot get regular updates on the child, as communication between the orphanage and Hand of Help, the U.S. advocacy group the couple used, is been limited.
Health care community in Las Vegas working to keep all residents safe from COVID: Medical providers, 2 years after city shuttered, still plugging away for patients; Thursday, March 17, 2022; The institute forms local partnerships to increase vaccine access and education to ensure that all residents can access equal care during the ongoing pandemic.
‘Putin, he’s just like Hitler’: UNLV’s Ukrainian orchestra director says US, NATO must step in: Monday, March 14, 2022; Taras Krysa has family on both sides of the ongoing war and attempts to stay in contact with relatives fleeing danger in Ukraine, many of whom are taking refuge in bomb shelters
Las Vegas production studio has chance to usher in new era of filmmaking, CEO says: Saturday, March 12, 2022; In a recent Mercedes-Benz commercial, a glossy car reflects a city’s bright lights, its driver gazing out the window at the streets rushing by. But the car was not shot in a city ...
Chamber orchestra based in Vegas to honor Ukraine in Sunday performance: Saturday, March 12, 2022; The Las Vegas Sinfonietta, which is conducted by Ukrainian-born Taras Krysa, is hosting a benefit concert at 4 p.m. tonight at the Clark County Library Theater, 1401 E Flamingo Road.
Hospital rotations during COVID’s darkest days strengthen UNLV med students’ career decision: Sunday, March 6, 2022; Sami Mesgun trails residents and fellows at University Medical Center for his two-week rotations as a third-year medical student in UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.
UNLV grad student, born in Ukraine, takes keen interest in parsing Russian disinformation: Thursday, March 3, 2022; In her research on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UNLV graduate student Mary Blankenship said she has categorized disinformation from the Russian government in two ways ...
Inflationary trends, supply chain issues and climate changes pinch Southern Nevada wineries: Wednesday, March 2, 2022; The Southern Nevada wine industry is no stranger to inflation woes around the United States. As gas prices increase, so do the shipping costs for the bottles and the grapes used in the wine-making process.
For undocumented immigrants in Nevada, health care options are limited: Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022; Erika Marquez is 35 weeks pregnant with her third child, a daughter who will be delivered by cesarean section next month. But the joys of preparing to welcome her child are often replaced with worries ....
Las Vegas approves American Rescue Plan funding allocations: Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022; A total of 149 eligible applicants were selected based on screening criteria that took into account which area in need the funding would target, how the pandemic impacted the organization and how the group would use the money.
Planned Parenthood regional CEO concerned about health workers, overturning of Roe: Monday, Feb. 14, 2022; When she was younger, Adrienne Mansanares sought out birth control, in a rural area and with no health insurance, from Planned Parenthood. She was drawn to the organization years later …
Vegas health experts: The pandemic is not over: Friday, Feb. 11, 2022; Even though Gov. Steve Sisolak lifted Nevada’s mask mandate Thursday, the governor and state and national health experts continue to point out the fight against COVID-19 is far from over. “I want to be clear, the emergency is not over,” Sisolak said in ...
Prominent Black attorneys and judges consider Nevada’s historic—and current—efforts toward equality in their field: Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022; The panelists discussed their careers, persevering through racial inequality in law school and law work, the necessity of equal representation in the law and how they hope to fill those gaps as leaders in the field.
February farmers markets in Las Vegas focus on sharing Black experience: Monday, Feb. 7, 2022; Las Vegas resident Sierra Bowman sold her plant-based baked goods at a Juneteenth farmers market in Galveston, Texas, an event hosted on the anniversary of when Black slaves in 1865 were emancipated in the United States. At the market, Bowman fell in love with its close-knit community that centered on ...
UNLV’s Whisper Rooms provide a quiet space where students can gain confidence: Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022; “It’s a place where students can get individualized feedback on a skill they’re going to use throughout their lives.”
UNLV's Whitfield: 'Something special about this university': Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022; UNLV President Keith Whitfield spent part of his annual state of the university address on Tuesday raving about the students and professors who are thriving at the institution.
Pandemic is testing mental well-being of students in CCSD and across US: Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022; London Roxy Love Murphy-Hammer, like many students throughout Las Vegas, arrived for the first day of her sophomore year of high school in August to an unfamiliar setting.
When these cannabis enthusiasts get together to provide hot meals to the needy, they bring the party: Monday, Jan. 24, 2022; On the third Sunday of every month, Ty “Pearl” Clark maneuvers through Molasky Family Park in northeast Las Vegas bringing hot meals to the homeless or low-income residents of the area. It is a lively ...
For many Las Vegans, it's a long haul to full recovery from COVID-19: Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022; When Krystal Benson took a bite of the cake, she couldn’t taste anything. Turns out, she was positive for COVID-19, and loss of taste is a common symptom.
College textbook costs run too high? Not in UNLV’s freshman seminar course: Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022; Mania Young, a first-generation student at UNLV from Germany, was nervous about the unknown expense last fall for the textbook required in the first-year seminar course.
Las Vegas to participate in opioid settlement: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022; The Las Vegas City Council approved participation in a settlement between the State of Nevada, opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and three distributors.
How UNLV researchers can use sewage to help inform public health policy: Monday, Jan. 17, 2022; Edwin Oh, an associate professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, was among the first to discover the omicron variant in Clark County. But he does not work at a COVID-19 test site.
Sex-positive clinic in downtown Las Vegas offers treatment without judgment: Monday, Jan. 17, 2022; When Daphne Chen was younger, she paid a visit to a gynecologist to get an intrauterine device to prevent pregnancy. The gynecologist refused, she said, and told Chen to return when she was in a relationship.
Survivor of flesh-eating bacteria joyfully rejoins youth coaching ranks: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022; A flesh-eating bacteria that consumed his hands and feet has left Henderson resident Eddie Garcia unable to work or drive. But with the help of prosthetics and an electric wheelchair, the 46-year-old remains active — especially when in the kitchen.
Premiums, deductibles continue upward climb for insured Nevadans: Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022; When people have higher out-of-pocket costs and deductibles they seek out less medical treatment. A layered effect comes in the health care they must pay for but cannot afford ...
Report: Nevada not on track to reach greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets: Monday, Jan. 10, 2022; The 2021 Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections indicates shortcomings by the state to adhere to its energy goals.
Las Vegas sets daily record for COVID infections: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022; The Las Vegas area tallied a record 3,508 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, while the state set a new high of 4,743 cases, health officials said. The previous record for ...
CDC notes spike in COVID hospitalizations across all age groups: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released updated COVID-19 data regarding hospitalization rates among young children and provided clarity surrounding its ...
Goodman highlights various Las Vegas developments in annual address: Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022; Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman highlighted the city’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic during her State of the City address on Thursday night.
SNHD: Get COVID tests at community sites, not emergency rooms: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022; Las Vegas health officials are urging residents seeking COVID-19 testing to make appointments at community locations and not hospital emergency departments.
With rising demand, UNLV moving COVID testing site to Sam Boyd Stadium: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022; UNLV's drive-thru COVID-19 testing and vaccination site at 851 E. Tropicana Ave. is moving to Sam Boyd Stadium starting Sunday to accommodate more people.
Preparing the deceased for final goodbye is embalmer’s sacred responsibility: Monday, Jan. 3, 2022; Krystal Osborne, a native Las Vegan, has Dallas Institute of Funeral Services accreditation and own her company, Krystal’s Professional Embalming Services. She is one of approximately 3,300 licensed morticians and funeral directors in the United States who are Black …
Family jewelry store, a fixture at Neonopolis, makes shift to online sales: In 2003, the Las Vegas business was site of brutal attack; Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022; Johnny Del Prado is moving his Las Vegas jewelry business online. Del Prado Jewelers closed the doors to its physical location on East Fremont Street last week ...