The Nevada Gaming Commission took an unprecedented step to curb problem gaming this month: Allowing those who want to control their gambling impulses to put themselves on a list that prevents them from being able to play online games.

With drastic changes that have impacted their everyday lives, members of our youthful generation are finding it difficult to work without the stability provided by a typical school day. Isolation and lack of peer support are causing the youth to miss out on opportunities to interact with their peers and classmates — increasing the need for visual and physical connection.

Maureen Schafer is president and CEO of Nevada Health & Bioscience Corporation, the organization bringing to life the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

New research is finding that people can live happier, healthier lives if they push themselves outside their comfort zones.

It’s a difficult topic to navigate, for sure. As many, many people will rush to tell you should you dare voice a concern or, God forbid, form an opinion, it’s a complicated situation.

UNLV will launch a pilot program for fall semester called “RebelFlex” where instructors will teach in-person and remote students simultaneously for some classes.

This time last year, amid the pandemic lockdown, Marissa Lovell's landlord offered to sell Lovell her current rental house in Boise, Idaho, for $256,000. Today, one year later, it's for sale for almost $400,000.

Humans may be able to live for between 120 and 150 years, but no longer than this "absolute limit" on human life span, a new study suggests.

Governor Steve Sisolak on Tuesday signed a bill to extend state protections to a sacred Native American site called the Swamp Cedars. The site commemorates the thousands of lives lost during three separate massacres by white settlers and US troops.