Researchers looking for a pre-approved drug that can be reused to treat Alzheimer’s disease have found promising signs of efficacy in a 50-year-old generic drug commonly used as a diuretic.

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More than 700,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and as Adriana Arévalo explains, Hispanics and other minority groups are the most affected.

Researchers say they hope to launch a clinical trial to test bumetanide, a diuretic approved in 2002, but how it might improve neural functioning is unclear.

People who live in the Southwest know that it has been especially hot and dry the last couple of years, but a new government report shows those conditions are truly historic.

Besides coping with the pandemic, the start of the 2021 school year has had some bumps in Southern Nevada as administrators deal with everything from crazy TiikTok challenges to buses running hours late.

Talking about American slavery, its usually — but not always — about the Southern portions of the United States. Rarely, if ever, do we talk about California.

No wonder burnout is on the rise.