When Lindsey LiCari donated her 3-year-old sons corneas through the Nevada Donor Network, she says she was assured they would go to recipients in the U.S.
Mary Hynes
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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.
The number of cases of West Nile virus in Clark County has risen to a record 28, prompting the Southern Nevada Health District to declare an outbreak of the mosquito-borne illness.
The woman, who could not adequately communicate her identity, is thought to be about 60 years old.
Treating hangovers has become serious business on the Las Vegas Strip, prompting the Clark County Commission on Tuesday to take steps toward regulating the IV-therapy industry.
“More donations are urgently needed to replenish the blood supply and be prepared for patient emergencies,” the American Red Cross in Las Vegas said this week.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Thursday has confirmed a case of the measles in a visitor to Las Vegas who frequented Luxor and Mandalay Bay early this month.
BioLife Plasma Services on Saturday will open a new donor center in Henderson, its first in Nevada.
Nonprofit says it found “process gaps” in its documentation of donated organs in April and alerted the association that accredits the nation’s eye banks, leading to the action.
The governor opens a two-day summit in Las Vegas that aims to let stakeholders “review the successes and learn what partners are doing in this fight for Nevada communities.”
Montevista Hospital — one of Southern Nevada’s biggest psychiatric facilities — will be cut off from Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement and is barred from accepting new patients.
The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting four new cases of West Nile virus, bringing the total in Clark County for 2019 to 16.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Tuesday confirmed a 12th case of West Nile virus, putting the county on pace for one of the worst years for the mosquito-borne illness since it was first detected here in 2004.
The tour, which began Monday in Las Vegas, is intended to “call out Republicans for the health-care emergency they are creating,” an organizer said.
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