U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Thursday that misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic poses an “imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health.”

Sometime next month, for the first time, the federal government is likely to declare a water shortage at Lake Mead.

At more than 420 parts per million (ppm) in May, scientists measured the highest levels of carbon in the atmosphere since they started taking direct measurements 63 years ago at Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory.

With the number of COVID-19 cases rising, the Southern Nevada Health District is recommending vaccinated and unvaccinated people wear masks in crowded indoor spaces, including casinos and grocery stores.

Hundreds of thousands of Nevada families with children under the age of 18 started receiving their first payments of the expanded federal child tax credit this week.

Nevada is one of the nation's worst hotspots for COVID-19, with a high infection rate and low vaccination rate. That led to the governor requesting help from the Biden Administration's 'COVID surge response team,' a new program announced July 1.

After months of downward trends, COVID-19 is once again on the rise, as groups gather with fewer masks and vaccination rates remain below the national average.

In this video interview with David Orentlicher, a Professor of Health Law at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, we discuss questions about health rights and COVID vaccination.