Mariachi Extravangza Las Vegas returns March 28 at the UNLV Performing Arts Center

When a type of food or wellness trend becomes largely understood as  “healthy,” many of us assume that more of it is always beneficial, without limit. This “more is better” mentality spreads on social media, where the spectacle of “maxxing” out gets clicks, while the old-school approach of strategic moderation gets scrolled right by. It’s led to trends like proteinmaxxing, sleepmaxxing, and more recently, fibermaxxing, where people tout their super-high fiber intake in the name of disease prevention, digestion, and gut health.

The Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program at the William S. Boyd School of Law at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Tribal Leadership Council announced Tuesday the establishment of the Tribal Leadership Council Endowment.

Faint flickers in the night sky have puzzled astronomers for decades. These subtle changes in brightness come from violent star systems, where one star feeds on another. Now, new research from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, offers a clearer explanation for one of the most confusing signals these systems produce.

Today, health care is the fastest-growing sector in the regional economy having added more than 42,000 jobs since 2016. Yet, despite this growth we only have 70 percent of our expected health care jobs. Consequently, we continue to have poor health and social outcomes and export tens of millions of our health care dollars to out-of-state providers annually.

A new scholarship fund established at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law marks a first in the school’s history: the inaugural endowed scholarship created by a Native American nonprofit organization.

The question every public health professional gets asked: What do you actually do? It sounds like a simple question, but if you work in public health, you know how hard it is to answer in a way that truly lands. In this roundtable episode, Dr. Huntley is joined by three public health professionals who explore what it really takes to explain this field to the people closest to them and why getting that explanation right matters more than ever.

The NBA could be coming to Las Vegas. The board of governors approved a vote on Wednesday to explore bids and applicants for a new franchise in both Las Vegas and Seattle. The goal is to have the team ready to play in the 2028-2029 season. This is the closest Vegas has come to an NBA team.

Nevada is tied with Tennessee for the sixth highest alcohol-impaired driving fatality rate in the country, according to 2023 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The state’s laws have placed a strong emphasis on holding drunken drivers personally responsible for their actions, and lawmakers have recently increased criminal penalties for DUI fatalities. But victims’ loved ones, like Linda Sterner, are left to question whether Nevada lawmakers are more concerned with protecting businesses from liability than preventing DUIs.