Las Vegas Health

• Recall of Boar's Head deli meats announced during investigation of listeria outbreak

  Jul 26, 2024 (8:21 a.m.)

  By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

  U.S. health officials Friday announced a recall of some Boar's Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak that has sickened nearly ...

• Horses infected with West Nile virus euthanized in Southern Nevada

  Jul 24, 2024 (9:55 a.m.)

  By Las Vegas Sun Staff

  Officials in Clark and Nye counties have euthanized horses infected with the West Nile virus, the Nevada Department of Agriculture said. “Two horses in Southern Nevada have succumbed to symptoms from West Nile virus,” Peter Mundschenk, the state veterinarian with ...

• President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas

  Jul 17, 2024 (3:17 p.m.)

  By Hillary Davis

  President Joe Biden cut his Nevada campaign swing short today after testing positive for COVID-19. The president of UnidosUS, who was set to host Biden as a keynote speaker this afternoon at the MGM Grand, made the announcement. Biden’s reported positive test ...

  

• Extreme heat and some medicines can be a risky combo. Here's what to know

  Jul 12, 2024 (11:44 a.m.)

  By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

  Extreme heat can raise the danger of heat-related illnesses and threaten health in a more subtle way — by amplifying the side effects of many common medications. Hot weather, too, can damage medicines such as ...

  

• Wastewater monitoring raises possibility of summer COVID-19 surge in Clark County

  Jul 9, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  It’s in the air, and now in the water. Samples from Southern Nevada’s wastewater have shown an increase of the COVID-19 virus in areas of the valley, indicating a possible summer surge of the illness that has spread across the country. “It seems like the numbers are trending up nationwide; they’re not at the levels we ...

  

• UNLV researcher optimistic as Alzheimer’s drug donanemab receives FDA approval

  Jul 5, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  For Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, a brain health researcher and professor at UNLV, this is an exciting time in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Federal health advisers in May voted to ...

  

• Five more cases of mosquito-borne West Nile virus reported in Clark County

  Jul 3, 2024 (12:04 p.m.)

  By Ayden Runnels

  Five more West Nile virus cases have been reported in Clark County, including three of a more serious neuroinvasive form, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. The new cases bring the ...

  

• Two cases of West Nile virus detected in Las Vegas area

  Jun 26, 2024 (2:22 p.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  Two people in Clark County contracted mosquito-borne West Nile virus, but both recovered from the sometimes fatal illness, the Southern Nevada Health District said. One of the patients was a ...

• Lowering prescription costs for Medicare beneficiaries lifted burdens for Nevadans, they tell HHS secretary

  Jun 23, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  When Ty Jones was diagnosed with prostate cancer a few years ago, he immediately began seeking treatment from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas ...

  

• CDC director praises the ‘great work’ done by Southern Nevada Health District

  Jun 13, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, toured the federally funded Trac-B Exchange this week to discuss with members of ...

  

• Mosquitoes with West Nile, St. Louis encephalitis viruses detected in Southern Nevada

  Jun 10, 2024 (9:52 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  The Southern Nevada Health District announced today that more mosquitoes with the West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses have been found in Southern Nevada. The district reported the ...

  

• Illicit drug ‘tranq’ detected by health district in Southern Nevada

  May 29, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  The Southern Nevada Health District has detected the illicit drug xylazine in local drug supply through a surveillance program where drug paraphernalia is anonymously collected and sampled in Clark County ...

  

• West Nile virus identified in North Las Vegas mosquitos

  May 24, 2024 (4:09 p.m.)

  By Ayden Runnels

  With mosquito season beginning in Southern Nevada, the first cases of West Nile virus in mosquitoes have been detected in Clark County by the Southern Nevada Health District ...

  

• Presenting Vegas Inc’s 2024 Health Care Headliners

  May 23, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  These 10 headliners are dedicated to their craft and to the health and well-being of every member of the community. They are scientists, doctors and educators and they represent the resilient spirit of the Las Vegas Valley through their work every day. 

  

• Mental health and hospitality: Taking better care of workers who take care of Las Vegas

  May 16, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Brock Radke

  Conversations about work-life balance, mental health and growing support services and resources have expanded in the Las Vegas hospitality as they have in other industries across the country.

  
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