Stagnant philanthropic giving and a university presidential search will likely delay construction of UNLV’s medical school, which is still tens of millions of dollars below targeted fundraising goals.

Nevada’s amphetamine death rate is highest in the nation and will soon eclipse the state’s prescription opioid death rate if current trends continue, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It's been a rough month for UNLV President Dr. Len Jessup. Reports surfaced two weeks ago that Jessup was told in January to quit or be fired.

Chris Singer approaches patients and their families sitting in a doctor’s waiting room with a smile every time.

Chris Singer approaches patients and their families sitting in a doctor’s waiting room with a smile every time.

UNLV’s new School of Medicine has scored its first triumph. Professor Katherine Hertlein, who studies romantic and family relationships for the school’s psychiatry and behavioral health department, has garnered a Fulbright scholarship, one of the most important academic designations in the U.S. It will enable Hertlein, who also is a therapist, to further develop her studies—specifically, how relationships are affected by technology—at the University of Salzburg in Austria, where she’ll teach two classes and conduct a survey starting in March 2019. The Weekly recently spoke with her about her studies and award.

The Clark County Medical Society and the Las Vegas Medical District are proud to present “Meet the New Face of Health Care in Southern Nevada,” a public town hall event on February 27 featuring presentations from Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Mayor Pro Tem Lois Tarkanian, and Clark County Medical Society President Dr. Joseph Adashek.

A major health scare forced Barbara Atkinson away from her duties for about four months last year, leaving a medical school three weeks shy of its opening date hanging in the balance.

With the arrival of the Golden Knights and the Oakland Raiders relocating to Southern Nevada in 2020, the spotlight will focus on Southern Nevada when it comes to sports medicine.

He’s as down-to-earth as they come. I met 53-year-old Benjamin Mays at the UNLV Medical School Clinic on Charleston. He was visiting its plastic surgery department.

UNLV reported a record year of fundraising for fiscal year 2017.

A year after Nevada health officials closed a taxpayer-funded home where mentally ill people lived in filthy conditions, a mental health clinic continued placing people there — until reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal prompted state regulators to shut it down again this week.