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HealthSound investment: Use quality earplugs at concerts and festivals and avoid permanent hearing damage
Loud noise exposure can cause hearing loss, the ringing repercussions of tinnitus, and hyperacusis, which makes ordinary noises painful.
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NewsHealthOutdoors'Barefoot Dutchman' Anton Nootenboom stops in Vegas during his walk across the U.S.
Since February, the Dutch Army veteran has been traveling barefoot across Los Angeles and the Nevada desert on an ambitious 3,100-mile journey across the U.S. ...
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NewsAllAggregateOfficials encourage Las Vegans to get latest COVID-19 vaccination
The Health District is expecting doses of the vaccine from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech amid rising cases and hospitalizations as a new coronavirus strain ...
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NewsAllAggregatePresenting Vegas Inc’s 2023 Health Care Headliners
The Health Care Headliners awards recognize some of the best researchers and health care providers in Southern Nevadan medicine.
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NewsHealthMaria Shriver teams with the Ruvo Center to launch the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement Prevention Center
According to Cleveland Clinic statistics, two-thirds of the 6.5 million Americans currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s are women (4.3 million), and more than half of all ...
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NewsHealthNew Las Vegas health vending machine aims to help with HIV and drug overdoses
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 ...
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NewsHealthInvestments in the Las Vegas Medical District aim to improve health outcomes
“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 ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNevada’s experience in COVID testing illustrates lack of ongoing national verification of standards for results
The Sun found a common theme: The scope of the public health crisis created interjurisdictional confusion: city, county, state and federal health officials found themselves ...
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NewsHealthLas Vegas Valley health officials and activists gear up as monkeypox cases mount
“If it’s skin-to-skin contact ... if it’s about hugging and kissing and having sex, I mean, who doesn’t do that?”
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateMonkeypox vaccinations to start Monday in Las Vegas
The Southern Nevada Health District on Monday will start administering a limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine, the agency said. Vaccine appointments are available by ...
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NewsHealthNevada advances as other states backslide on gender-affirming health care for youth
“When trans kids are forced to detransition, it immediately undoes the progress they made in their mental health when their gender dysphoria was being treated.”
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NewsAllAggregateLas Vegas volunteer medical organization throws a lifeline to residents in need
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 ...
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NewsHealthUNLVAn $11.3 million grant renewal will continue to power important Las Vegas brain research
The Center for Neurodegeneration and Translational Neuroscience, jointly operated by UNLV and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, has enrolled more than ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNevada governor announces an immediate end to mask mandate
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak today announced an immediate end to the state’s mask mandate, citing a downward trend in coronavirus cases. Masks will no longer ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateWhy is it better to wear an N95 than a cloth mask right now?
Health experts suggest stepping up protection against the highly contagious omicron variant with stronger masks such as N95s or KN95s.
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NewsAllAggregateSex-positive clinic in downtown Las Vegas offers treatment without judgment
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, ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateNevada to distribute over 500,000 at-home COVID test kits
Nevada is getting over 500,000 at-home COVID-19 test kits to distribute to residents, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced today. Paid for by federal COVID relief funding, ...
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NewsAggregateBusinessThe show goes on at CES, but attendance noticeably lighter
While droves of showgoers looked at the latest cameras, electric vehicles and wearable tech devices, there was more elbow room than in previous years.
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateWith rising demand, UNLV moving COVID testing site to Sam Boyd Stadium
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.
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PoliticsNewsAllBiden cuts into Trump’s lead in Nevada, new poll finds
A new poll conducted with 1,000 would-be voters in Nevada found what has been long suspected about November’s presidential race: President Joe Biden and former ...
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NewsAllAggregateWhat road woes? Series moves back to Dallas where Golden Knights have dominated
The Golden Knights tonight are looking to continue a trend in their Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Dallas Stars where the road team has ...
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NewsAllSportsPrideful prizefight: Álvarez vs. Munguía promises to be a memorable bout in honor of Mexico
Saul “Canelo” Álvarez has fought on Cinco de Mayo weekend nearly every year of his boxing career as a nod to his Mexican heritage.
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NewsAllSportsGolden Knights aim to dominate around net, retake control of series
The Golden Knights have taken shots from all over the ice in their playoff series against the Stars. The Stars have taken a different approach ...
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NewsAllAggregateClark County School District looks west to recruit new teachers
The Clark County School District is targeting Southern California with its newest educator recruiting campaign, the district announced Tuesday.
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NewsAllSportsGolden Knights season ends against Dallas Stars in Game 7
The Golden Knights' season ended Sunday with a 2-1 loss at the Dallas Stars in Game 7 of their first round playoff series. Minutes after ...
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NewsAllAggregatePro-Palestinian ralliers at UNLV seek cease-fire, divestment
Calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and a conversation with UNLV administration on the university’s investments with companies that support Israel in its war with ...
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NewsAllSportsFacing elimination, Golden Knights try to keep composure at home in Game 6
Composure is the focus for the Golden Knights going into Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Dallas Stars. Players say ...
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NewsSportsAggregateHill, Hanifin heroics push Vegas to Game 7 showdown in Dallas
A 23-save performance by goaltender Adin Hill gave Vegas a 2-0 win over Dallas on Friday at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights staved off elimination, ...
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week (May 2-8, 2024 edition)
Find laughs with Matt Rife and Mike Epps, music with Duran Duran and Skrillex, and a lot more in this week’s Superguide.
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NewsAllSportsWhat went wrong in Golden Knights' series against Dallas
Hockey season usually doesn't end this early in Vegas. For just the second time in franchise history, the Vegas Golden Knights were eliminated in the ...
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NewsAllSportsVegas use of injured reserve prompts questions about salary cap
Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone returned from long-term injured reserve just in time for the first-round series against Dallas. No team is more scrutinized ...
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AllNASCARSportsWeekend wagers: Bets on the Kentucky Derby and seven other sports
I’m going to keep it simple for the 150th version of America’s biggest horse race — one horse to win from the local fixed-odds market ...
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A&EHow the experiential Area15 complex could become a new kind of Las Vegas theme park
Area15 has subverted and transformed Vegas’ take on themed attractions—and it’s becoming one of our rare cultural exports.
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AllSportsHome Aggregate‘Hero’ Wanted: Knights need rescue from offensive decline in two straight losses
The best-of-seven series now stands at 2-2 headed back to Dallas for Game 5 at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. ...
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AllSportsHome AggregateGolden Knights force a Game 7 with Stars via late Hanifin goal
The Golden Knights’ season isn’t over yet. Vegas staved off elimination Friday night at T-Mobile Arena, beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 to tie the teams' ...
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A&EArtist Gear Duran’s new Downtown mural embodies Nevada’s frontier spirit
The mural recreates an encounter with a wild mustang in our Nevada wilderness using a palette of vivid, electric city colors.
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NewsAllAggregateOptimism low but resiliency high among entrepreneurs in Las Vegas
Evergreen Coffee opened its doors in Henderson almost two years ago, hoping to restore some of the community and neighborhood connections that had been lost ...
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SportsQ+AUNLVUNLV historian Claytee White on digging deeper into Las Vegas sports
UNLV’s Oral History Research Center has launched a two-year project collecting stories from the people who have shaped local sports.
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MusicFive thoughts on the 2024 edition of Vegas rock fest Sick New World
Have you ever felt panic, realizing you’ll never truly hear and absorb all the music in the world? That’s how it felt making a Sick ...
