Governor Steve Sisolak has signed Assembly Bill 88 which specifically prohibits using “a name, logo, mascot, song or other identifier associated with the Confederate States of America or a federally recognized Indian tribe,” unless a tribe has specifically granted a school permission to do so.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Biogen's aducanumab on June 7, making it the first Alzheimer's medication available in nearly 20 years and the only one that could slow the progression of the disease.

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the FDA approved a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Telephones were ringing off the hook Monday at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, with patients calling to inquire about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a drug designed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Like countless educators across America, I have completed active shooter training. The public university where I teach requires it. Officially, I have been instructed on how to run, hide and fight in order to ensure that my students and I survive in the event that an aspiring assassin enters our classroom.

The Supreme Court was unanimous in its refusal to let immigrants who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to become permanent residents if they entered the country illegally.

For the first time, the US FDA has approved a drug that is supposed to counteract a cause of Alzheimer's disease. But it is highly controversial.

Aducanumab is the first disease-modifying treatment to be approved for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and the first to target amyloid ß (Aß), which is one of the earliest causative steps in the pathophysiology of AD.