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Presenting 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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Maria 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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New 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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Investments 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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Nevada’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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Las 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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Monkeypox 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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Nevada 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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Las 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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An $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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Nevada 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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Why 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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Sex-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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Nevada 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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The 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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With 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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More companies backing out of Las Vegas tech show amid COVID spike
Major tech companies are continuing to back out of attending next month’s CES gadget show in Las Vegas because of rising COVID-19 cases with the ...
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Nevada governor: Time to get vaccinated is now
The best time to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was yesterday, Gov. Steve Sisolak said. “The second best time is today,” he added.
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First omicron COVID case reported in Nevada
Health officials have confirmed the first coronavirus case involving the omicron variant in Nevada. A fully vaccinated Clark County woman in her mid-20s tested positive ...
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Nicki Minaj, in Las Vegas tour stop, solidifies reign as the Queen of Rap
From the start of her concert Friday at T-Mobile Arena, Nicki Minaj made it clear that, indeed, she is the Queen of Rap.
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Mountain West tourney looms as UNLV drops finale at UNR
UNLV went into Saturday’s season finale in Reno with championship hopes, but after falling at UNR, 75-65, the Scarlet and Gray will have to settle ...
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Nevada in position to make most of boom in manufacturing
The more manufacturing that’s brought to Southern Nevada, the more it will shield the region from the economic “ebbs and flows” of recessions and pandemics ...
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New York-New York’s Celtic Feis celebration is back and bigger for St. Patrick’s Day
The 21st annual Celtic Feis will have an expanded staging area on the Strip's version of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Breaking clay pigeons and stereotypes: New youth trapshooting league opens in Southern Nevada
At the Clark County Shooting Complex in the far northwest corner of the Las Vegas Valley, a new youth trapshooting league is taking shape. It’s ...
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Marchessault's hat trick lifts Golden Knights to 5-3 win over Red Wings
Jonathan Marchessault scored three times, including the go-ahead goal with 2:44 left, to help lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 5-3 victory over the ...
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Number of unhoused veterans in Las Vegas increased over 60% in 2023
Las Vegas has the second largest number of unhoused veterans in the United States, only trailing Los Angeles. Nevada also saw a 45% increase ...
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Live,’ New Edition and more Las Vegas showbiz news
“RuPaul’s Drag Race Live” celebrated its 700th show at Flamingo Las Vegas on March 9, further cementing its status as one of the most popular ...
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Annual barrage of college tournaments brings big-time ballin' to Las Vegas
Las Vegas takes its annual place as the center of the college basketball world during conference tournament week from March 13 through March 16.
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Game day: San Diego State edges UNLV in overtime
San Diego State closed overtime on a 5-0 run to steal a victory over UNLV, 74-71, in the Mountain West quarterfinals. UNLV scored the first ...
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Sphere celebrating young Las Vegas artists with design contest
Las Vegas community members will have the opportunity to see their artwork displayed on the Exosphere — the viral outer shell of the Sphere that ...
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Raiders release four veterans including Garoppolo, Renfrow
The Raiders’ roster makeover continued with the official start of the 2024-2025 NFL league year Wednesday afternoon. New general manager Tom Telesco and now permanent ...
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Does UNLV have a path to win the Mountain West tournament?
If there is one thing this UNLV team has proven it can do, it’s beat good teams. The inverse is also true — there were ...
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Christian Wilkins embodies the revitalized ‘Raider Way’
The Philadelphia Eagles became one of the best offensive teams in the league en route to a Super Bowl appearance two years ago but their ...
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What to do in Las Vegas this week (March 14-20, 2024 edition)
Fremont Street’s ShamRock Bash, Sebastian Maniscalco, Deap Vally, Twice, London Elektricity and more in this week’s Superguide.
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Raiders' free agency: Busy day brings Wilkins, Minshew to town; Jacobs headed to G.B.
The Raiders wasted no time putting their ample cap space to use to begin the NFL’s legal tampering period. Las Vegas agreed to contract terms ...
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Pay to play: Youth sports have become an expensive, stressful burden on families
There’s a misconception that young athletes need to focus only on one sport or have their families excessively invest in specialized training to succeed.
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Weekend wagers: Ten bets to make including four on March Madness
The wall-to-wall slate of games from the last three days diminishes leading up to the selection show this weekend, but there’s still a few places ...
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NCAA Tournament opening odds: March Madness begins wildly
The betting favorite prevailed in only a little more than a fourth of the conference tournaments — nine out of 34. ...