UNLV announced Friday that it will become a smoke-free campus on Aug. 15.

UNLV will go smoke-free on Aug. 12, in doing so joining about 2,000 universities across the country.

UNLV is becoming a tobacco-free institution starting Aug. 15, the university announced in a press release on Friday.

Allergy season in the desert can be brutal, especially when the wind hits you with pollen that isn’t native to the environment.

Coronavirus cases have dropped dramatically in the United States since their peak in January. As the Omicron wave has subsided, mask policies and other mitigation measures have fallen by the wayside, and states have scaled back their COVID-19 data reporting.

Omicron "stealth," the new dominant COVID-19 variant worldwide, has had people wondering when a second booster will be available. The good news: It's here.

It's unwelcome news to a world already exhausted from Covid: a new subvariant is starting to get the attention of experts.

It's unwelcome news to a world already exhausted from Covid: a new subvariant is starting to get the attention of experts.

By the end of the century, allergy season could start 40 days earlier and last 19 days longer due to climate change — potentially increasing the pollen count by 250% and making allergies far more intense, new research shows.

Every morning, UNLV lab supervisor Asma Tahir and her staff brace themselves as they count pollen.

A week after Gov. Steve Sisolak ended Nevada’s mask mandate as the Omicron surge declined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reevaluating its public health guidelines for prevention strategies, including recommendations for when people should don face coverings.

A new study shows that hospitalized patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were more likely to experience shortness of breath, fatigue, and type 2 diabetes after contracting the virus.