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City Cast Las Vegas

Sex is a part of everyday life in Las Vegas. But there’s more to this conversation…and most of us aren’t comfortable talking about it. Host Vogue Robinson talks with Rebecca Bosetti, assistant professor at the UNLV School of Social Work, about her new course, “Sexual Behavior & Society: The Good, the Bad, and the Controversial,” and why Las Vegas needs more sex-positive social workers.

National Geographic

It happened on Monday, July 25, 2022. Alerted by a visitor, park rangers from the Lake Mead Ecological Reserve found 25 human bodies in the bed of the main lake in the protected natural area. Due to extreme drought, which has plagued the United States for at least five years, the drops in the water level has reach historic lows. In response, local authorities stated that, "they are on site and have established a perimeter to recover remainds."

The Dales Report

Shadd Dales is joined by career brain researchers and husband-wife team behind Tessellate, a project designed to advance development of mental health psychedelic therapeutics.

The Dales Report

Shadd Dales is joined by career brain researchers and husband-wife team behind Tessellate, a project designed to advance development of mental health psychedelic therapeutics.

Mashable

Vaginal dryness impacts more than half of postmenopausal women and 17 percent of premenopausal women – so why is it still so taboo?

Yahoo!

Mental health issues such as anxiety and depression were a leading cause of global health problems even before the spread of COVID-19; however, they’ve gotten worse. Since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety and depression rates worldwide have increased by an overwhelming 25%. In the U.S., 4 in 10 adults have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression during the pandemic, compared with 1 in 10 from January to June 2019.

Washington Post

National polls suggest that Latinos are moving sharply away from the Democratic Party. If that plays out in the midterms, it’s likely no place will be impacted more than here in Nevada’s fastest-growing metropolitan area. And that could wipe out much of the advantage Democrats have built in this blue-trending state.

Insider

A third set of human remains were found in Nevada's Lake Mead on July 25 as water levels have receded to historic lows during a drought fueled by climate change.