July 3, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health
Fourth of July brings barbecues, family gatherings and fireworks displays. As the holiday weekend approaches, health officials emphasize the importance of fire caution in preventing fire-related accidents and injuries. Read story
July 3, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health Free
Officials are warning people to celebrate this Fourth of July holiday safely as an excessive heat warning that begins Thursday could bring record-breaking temperatures to the area. Read story
July 2, 2024, 3:42pm Health
The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week's Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment. Read story
July 2, 2024, 1:47pm Health
U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. Read story
July 2, 2024, 7:51am Business
The Supreme Court took up an e-cigarette case Tuesday, weighing whether the Food and Drug Administration wrongly blocked the marketing of sweet flavored products amid a surge in vaping by young people. Read story
July 2, 2024, 6:47am Health
When you’re expecting a baby, you hope nothing goes wrong. But at least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kills 70,000 women and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. Read story
July 2, 2024, 6:02am Health
Here’s the message from Dr. Marcas Bamman, a physiologist with decades of research into aging who preaches the benefits of weight-resistance training for those who are getting up there. Read story
July 2, 2024, 5:47am Health
If you’re taking a multivitamin to help you live longer, a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute may prompt you to reconsider. Read story
