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The Southern Nevada Health District is investigating a Las Vegas Legionnaires' disease outbreak, officials from the agency said Thursday.
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If you’ve lived in Southern Nevada for any length of time, you know that markers of public health here tend to be discouraging — and that might be putting it lightly. -
May is Skin Safety Awareness Month. How should Las Vegas protect themselves from harmful UV rays and skin cancer? -
The Food and Drug Administration is reopening an investigation into a Listeria outbreak in Nevada that it says began last year. -
Climate Disasters Inflict Outsized Harm on Pregnant and Young Families -
A very common vaccination for MMR — measles, mumps and rubella — for kids 5 to 12 fell from 94.5% in 2016 to 92.4% this year; 95% is considered the safe threshold. -
As lawmakers in Washington D.C., look to reduce a $36 trillion national debt, how could Nevada’s mental health care services be affected? -
Congress is considering cutting $880 billion from Medicaid. April’s episode of Purple Politics Nevada explores how that could impact tribal and rural health care. -
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the state’s yearly Medicaid Managed Care contract to CareSource, the only nonprofit recipient. -
Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disease that has touched millions of lives in this country. One in nine people over 65 have Alzheimer's — almost 7 million people. -
It’s rare to hear of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest. But it happens. The CDC says roughly 2,000 young people under 25 die of sudden cardiac arrest each year.
