Are extreme heat waves here to stay? Amber Renee Dixon visits the Desert Research Institute to find out more. Then a panel discusses a bill recently passed that will allow Psilocybin research in Nevada. Can it make a difference for people suffering from PTSD?

The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health has reported the death of a Lincoln County youth named Woodrow Bundy from a Naegleria fowleri infection, also known as a brain-eating amoeba.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is getting ready to kick off another football season.

He contracted the brain-eating amoeba, also known as Naegleria fowleri, a few weeks ago while swimming in Ash Springs, which is near Alamo located about 100 miles north of Las Vegas.

The inaugural conference will be held in Las Vegas from 16-18 July 2024. The event will include exhibitor pods, innovation labs, daily keynotes, seminars/sessions, roundtables, and daily wrap parties with music entertainment.

Extreme temperatures in the northern hemisphere has killed hundreds of people and is fueling forest fires across three continents. Climate scientists say we need to become accustomed to prolonged events like this that may be repeated across the southern hemisphere this summer.

As temperatures soar in the American Southwest, doctors warn that heat-related illnesses aren't the only things keeping emergency rooms full: Cases of contact burns, some as severe as second- or third-degree, have risen sharply. during this heat wave.

The burns typically occur when people fall or pass out on sun-scorched pavement and other hot surfaces, which can exceed 160 degrees.

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Wednesday railed against the Vegas Loop, a planned maze of tunnels to run primarily under the Las Vegas Strip, to the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Harry Reid International Airport, but voted for its expansion nonetheless.