As the new school year begins, Las Vegas health leaders want to make sure young students are up-to-date on their required immunizations. The Southern Nevada Health District is urging parents and guardians to get ready before the end-of-summer rush.

Visitors to Las Vegas can experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of several different countries just by taking a stroll down the Strip, but theme resorts weren’t always the rule here. It wasn’t until the 1960’s when a savvy developer decided to transport his guests back in time when they arrived at his property. And that historical vision would have a profound impact on Las Vegas’s future.

Those dings may be background noise during a flight, but they're actually speaking volumes.

Registration opens next week for the ninth annual Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit sponsored by the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. The event is supported by the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

A mosquito-borne virus that leaves victims in crippling pain and has triggered Covid-era restrictions in China is already in the US, experts say.

The Mitchell family is part of an increasing population opting for charter schools over traditional public schools. Between the 2019-2020 school year and the 2024-2025 school year, the number of students in Clark County attending charter schools grew by 26 percent, to 64,128 students, according to the Nevada Department of Education. In that same time period, Clark County School District enrollment declined by over 8 percent, while Southern Nevada’s population increased by 5 percent.

Watermelon is considered a healthy fruit, but it can cause blood sugar spikes when eaten in large quantities.

One year after then-presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged at a Las Vegas rally to end taxes on tips, the proposal became reality through the megabill passed by House Republicans, potentially affecting thousands of Nevadans who work in the state’s hospitality industry.

Wastewater surveillance became a popular choice among public health officials looking to track rapid virus mutations and spread patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what if there was a way to detect emerging virus pathogens even faster — or to even sniff out new variants possibly before patients even realize they’re ill? A new UNLV-led study is moving that dream one step closer to reality by pairing wastewater sample surveillance with artificial intelligence. The results appear in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications.