Water usage in Henderson jumped by more than a billion gallons in the months after the implementation of the COVID-19 stay-at-home order last year, a recent study found.

Tourism industry analysts say it’s going to be hard to put the genie back into the bottle when it comes to revamping health and safety regulations addressing COVID-19.

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.

The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine now comes with a warning on its label about an increased risk of nerve damage known as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

When about 13 million adults have received this vaccine, and we're just beginning to hear about this new potential side effect, it begs the question: Should you be worried?

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.