Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes physicians find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can help.

Dozens of people packed a local North Las Vegas community center to hear about a new bill that will decriminalize minor traffic offenses.

More than a dozen inmates at a maximum-security prison in Nevada remain on a hunger strike which remains concerning for health experts.

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas (CASLV), a leading charter school in southern Nevada with STEM focused education, is pleased to announce the charitable donation of two Sectra Tables from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. The Sectra Tables, which feature a large 65” monitor with QLED technology, will enhance student learning by offering an immersive touch screen that improves the sense of interaction with visualized data. Each screen will be used in a CASLV science class at two separate campuses and when purchased new are valued at over $90,000 each.

This week continues to be a dangerous one on the roads here in Southern Nevada, with yet another multi-vehicle crash on Wednesday. It started Sunday with a suspected DUI crash in North Las Vegas that killed two toddlers.

In a surprise twist, the evolution of human bipedalism might have nothing to do with learning to walk on land—but up in trees.

It’s easy to read about the massive numbers of tech layoffs in the headlines and miss something: These tens of thousands of eliminated positions correspond to people who may have chosen the tech industry with hopes of always being able to find a job. The layoff trends are continuing, though, with more than 160,000 jobs lost so far, and other tech companies now looking to weather tougher economic times through layoffs (a situation some tech CEOs are condemning). In just one month, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, laid off 13 percent of its workforce, which was 11,000 jobs, and as you read this, we all are front-row spectators to the enormous exodus at Twitter.

Nurse-midwives are an essential part of maternal health, but there is often confusion about the role and who can do it. UNLV Nursing professors Jennifer Vanderlaan and Kate Woeber explain the differences between a nurse midwife and registered nurse; why midwives have had trouble with representation in Nevada; and common misconceptions about the position.

A UNLV doctor is now one of just over 100 across the nation offering a newer procedure to treat carpal tunnel syndrome.