In some rural areas of Africa, where it is difficult to get information campaigns and prevention against infection by HIV, the parishes can be a powerful tool to control the epidemic and protect both pregnant women and the future baby reducing the risk of mother to child transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.

His work day has included plenty of construction noise and dust over the past year, and Thomas & Mack Center executive director Mike Newcomb gets plenty of use out of the hard hat he keeps near his desk.

When news broke that former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom was found unconscious at the Love Ranch brothel, it raised a lot of questions about prostitution in Nevada.

he completion date for a new parking garage at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was pushed back for a second time after state education officials on Friday approved a new timeline for the $18 million project.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, hoping to reclaim 73,000 square feet of campus lab space leased to the Environmental Protection Agency for decades, set a new five-year timeline on Friday for the agency's gradual departure from the school.

A literary pilgrimage here? No way. Too many books set in Vegas. Too grim. Too predictable.

Head to the Arizona State University campus in Tempe and stroll down Mill Avenue. Chances are you’ll see throngs of students crowding wide pedestrian walkways, filing in and out of bars and restaurants, and enjoying the vibrant, college-town atmosphere.

A promising new method for battling the spread of HIV in Africa was inspired by an unexpected source 8,000 miles away: a baby shower at the home of a Las Vegas professor.

If you could design the ultimate playground, what would it look like?

The Waters kids came to a Oct. 10 Springs Preserve playground redesign workshop packed with ideas.