Paul Fronczak learned six years ago that his real name was Jack Rosenthal and that he had been raised by a family that wasn’t his own after being mistaken for their kidnapped infant. That was just the beginning of his journey of discovery.
Jessie Bekker
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Jessie Bekker joined the Review-Journal in 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, she left the snowy Midwest for the desert heat to cover health.
Officials are urging guests who stayed at Harrah’s Laughlin Hotel and Casino after Oct. 15, 2017 and developed pneumonia-like symptoms to report their illnesses to the Southern Nevada Health District.
Plans offered on the state’s health insurance exchange are expected to climb an average of 1.9 percent, while off-exchange plans will see an average 3.1 percent rate increase, the state’s Division of Insurance announced Tuesday.
Both states use lethal injection to impose the ultimate punishment, but that’s where the similarities end. Since 2012, Texas has used a single barbiturate to end inmates’ lives while Nevada wants to use an untried three-drug “cocktail.”
Nevada’s health insurance marketplace, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, is one step closer to transitioning onto a state-based operation.
A new mobile health clinic in the Las Vegas Valley is expected to primarily help low-income seniors.
The online prescription drug tracking website GoodRx rated Las Vegas as one of the least-expensive metropolitan area in the country for out-of-pocket prescription drugs in a new report.
The new UNR physician assistant program hopes to graduate its first class of 24 in 25 months, far quicker than new doctors can be trained.
In the nine months Jennifer Stanert carried her son Alec Carrasco, she promised herself with every hit she’d ditch her methamphetamine addiction in a few days.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported 123 heat-related deaths in 2017, up from 78 in 2016. District officials say they can’t pinpoint a cause for the sharp increase.
The air smelled of sunscreen early Wednesday as throngs of Las Vegans took over the streets of Summerlin to watch dancers, marching bands and Disney princesses parade in celebration of America.
A three-year-old boy died Wednesday after he was found unresponsive in a neighbor’s pool west of the Las Vegas Strip, police confirmed.
Westgate official says at least 15 employees and four guests reportedly fell ill since late last week, but callers tell the Review-Journal that many staff and vendors at Amazing Comic Con Convention were affected.
As the July 4 holiday approaches, mental health experts warn that the sound of fireworks could be unsettling for Oct. 1 shooting survivors and others who may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
CrossRoads of Southern Nevada, which plans to open by mid-July, intends to offer clients medical detoxification, short-term housing and services such as connections to employment and education, life skills training and therapy.