News on Nevada

Teva, Baxter ordered to pay $500 million in Hep C case

2010-05-07T17:15:36Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Baxter Healthcare Services on Friday were ordered to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages to a Nevada man who contracted Hepatiti...

Dealing with hepatitis crisis

2010-04-16T16:10:57Z

Nevada Legislature should pass laws to strengthen oversight of medical clinics

Last week was the first anniversary of one of the lowest points in the history of health care in Southern Nevada, the announcement of a hepatitis C outbreak that required 40,000 people to undergo testing for infectious diseases. The Southern Nevada Health District...

Campaign warns against reusing plastic syringes

2010-04-16T17:15:59Z

Hepatitis a risk from more than dirty needles; campaign warns of reusing plastic syringes

Patients who got hepatitis from contaminated syringes and medicine vials are joining infection control advocates to warn Americans about a problem they say is more common than people think. A recent federal report suggests they are right.

It found more than 60,000 people were exposed to hepatitis, and at least 400 people were infected with it in 33 outbreaks linked w...

Beware of Reused Syringes When You Get a Shot

2010-10-23T19:27:13Z

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Hepatitis Cluster Prompts Nevada-Wide Inspections

2010-10-22T23:04:47Z

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as in the case of the Vegas clinic

2010-10-22T23:04:18Z

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Nevada not alone

2010-04-16T16:25:37Z

Clinics in other states have also infected people through the reuse of syringes

The headline over a USA Today story that ran Wednesday was sickeningly familiar: It said, “Infection caused by improperly reused syringes.”

The story was accompanied by a photo of a Nebraska woman and a caption describing her “huge sense of betrayal.”

She had been infected ...

Shoe Tree

2011-01-04T15:32:11Z

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 1998 file photo, shoes hang from the landmark "shoe tree," located on U.S. 50 in Nevada, about 125 miles east of Reno. Authorities say vandals have cut down the 70-foot cottonwood near Middlegate late Thursday Dec. 30, 2010 or early Friday. Fresh sawdust was found on the snow. (AP Photo/Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. is seen in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eager to show who's now in charge, the House's new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal Pr...

Tax Cuts

2010-12-16T20:31:53Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Congress Democrats

2010-12-08T15:03:14Z

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. talks on the phone as he walks to their Senate Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nevada Louisiana Tech Football

2010-12-04T17:32:12Z

Nevada players celebrates after beating Louisiana Tech 35-17 in an NCAA college football game in Ruston, La., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Nevada won a share of the Western Athletic Confer...