The flu vaccine is available at the Southern Nevada Health District’s immunization clinics as well as community clinics and pharmacies throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Mary Hynes
Health reporter
Email: mhynes@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-383-0336
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Mary Hynes returned to the Review-Journal in August 2019 as the newspaper’s health reporter after working in public affairs and communications for MGM Resorts International. She previously worked as an editor and a reporter at the RJ. The University of Colorado graduate also worked as a reporter at newspapers in Colorado. She is a native of Oregon.
University Medical Center will host on Oct. 1 a memorial Stop the Bleed class, providing training from hospital staff on skills needed to stop life-threatening bleeding in an emergency.
The change would be “disastrous” for Southern Nevada, dramatically lengthening wait times for patients, said Dr. John Ham, medical director at UMC’s Center for Transplantation.
The Southern Nevada Health District wants new or higher fees for inspections, but businesses say the plan would eat into their thin bottom lines.
A bad flu season in Australia has some medical experts preparing for the worst in the U.S. and in Nevada, which has a lower than average vaccination rate.
A new report by the Southern Nevada Health District brings total number of cases in the county to three.
New research showing that Las Vegas is facing the worst shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists in the U.S. comes as no surprise to members of the local medical community.
Southwest Las Vegas residents are concerned about safety, traffic and home values after three rehab facilities opened within blocks of each other.
The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting Clark County’s first confirmed case of severe respiratory illness linked to e-cigarette products.
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center and MountainView Hospital will participate in “Crush the Crisis” day by collecting many types of opioid medicines.
Echoing similar warnings by the CDC, the Southern Nevada Health district and other authorities warn that use of e-cigarettes can cause serious lung illness.
Despite a West Nile virus outbreak, health authorities say they face a challenge convincing local residents that they need to protect themselves against the tiny bloodsuckers.
Southern Nevada, Southern California and central Arizona are the nation’s “hot zone” for West Nile virus, reporting the highest number of cases of the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease in the U.S.
Southern Nevada Health District authorities say customers of the convenience store may have been exposed to the virus.
The Thursday event, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chuck Minker Sports Complex, 275 N. Mojave Road in Las Vegas, is free and open to the public.
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