Southern Nevada Health District

A juvenile died from a brain-eating amoeba this month, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. It's suspected he was exposed on the Arizona side…

October is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month. For some 40 years, the U.S. has been at war with the virus. Nevada recorded its first AIDS death in 1983. Over the…

UPDATE (July 8): A fifth case of probable monkeypox was reported in Clark County, the health district said on Friday.The patient is a man in his 40s with…

With COVID-19 cases rising again, the public health agency for metro Las Vegas is advising a return to wearing masks in public, indoor settings.The…

As Las Vegas-area residents are celebrating graduations and preparing to spend Memorial Day weekend with family and friends, the Southern Nevada Health…

The latest wave of COVID-19 infections has hit Southern Nevada, triggered by a new omicron subvariant, waning immunity and riskier behavior, according to…

The resurgence of COVID-19 in Nevada has led to more deaths, renewed requests for masks, and warnings for others to stay away.The number of cases has…

More than six months after the coronavirus vaccine became available to hospital workers in Nevada, thousands have yet to get the shot.And amid a rise in…

Thirteen months of social distancing and masks, and it’s no wonder people are having less sex. But with protocols loosening, infections stabilizing and…

As COVID-19 cases surge across the northern and eastern part of the country, Nevada’s numbers look good in comparison. Even after months of declining case…