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Southern Nevada's first dispensary now open after months of red tape, medical marijuana cultivators are facing growing pains as they grapple with the state's strict testing standards…growers…failed…led to pounds of marijuana being destroyed,..Dispensaries report several batches of cannabis failing to meet the required levels for pesticides, mycotoxins or heavy metals,… Nevada's toughest-in-the-nation standards for marijuana quality are working.

University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno has been training students in the Las Vegas Valley for more than 20 years. But the creation of the UNLV School of Medicine will result in the Reno school moving most of its operations north,..deans… will encourage their students to consider a career as a primary care physician because…The goal of both schools is to develop programs to address Nevada's doctor shortage. The state consistently ranks near the bottom of number of physicians per capita, and the medical schools, have been touted as a key component to boost the number of doctors serving Nevadans.

CVS opened its first local Minute Clinic in 2007 in its pharmacy on the Strip near the Monte Carlo. To date, it has 11 Minute Clinics throughout Nevada, eight in Las Vegas and three in the Reno/Sparks area. All clinics are open seven days a week with weekend and early evening hours available...Walgreens has 13 clinics in the Las Vegas area, none in Northern Nevada. And like CVS, its clinics are open seven days a week with similar hours of operation. From 50 clinics in 2007, the pharmacy has grown that number to 400 nationally.

After several months of delays, the first store to sell medical marijuana legally..is open for business...Euphoria Wellness opened Monday morning several miles southwest of the Las Vegas Strip… vast majority of the state's 9,542 patient cardholders live in the Las Vegas area.

MountainView Hospital…announced a $90 million expansion project….will include the addition of 64 beds, the expansion of women's services, the upgrade of the neonatal intensive care unit, the expansion of the emergency department and a new medical office building…When the expansion is complete, MountainView will grow to a 400-bed hospital,…Construction is expected to take 18 months.

Clark County's top law enforcement officer told a room full of marijuana business owners Thursday that he wants to work with them…Sheriff Joe Lombardo,...made light of the historic nature of his appearance at a lunch meeting of the Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association…sheriff's in a marijuana (meeting)," he said to laughter…. his two biggest concerns are the prospect of people driving under the influence and the potential for robberies or thefts given the cash-heavy nature of the business…

Billions of dollars are at stake in a Las Vegas trial that centers on two men who were diagnosed with bladder cancer after taking the diabetes drug Actos… Robert Eglet… represents Mary Iorio, the widow of Maurice Iorio.. filed a product liability case… against Takeda Pharmaceutical Co… Thousands of plaintiffs across the country have filed product liability lawsuits against Takeda. The company is accused of failing to inform consumers and medical professionals about the risk of bladder cancer...

Henderson City Council approved a medical marijuana dispensary…that plans to open on Eastern Avenue, south of the 215 Beltway…The Source Henderson…fourth dispensary…None have opened yet. Clark County has only one dispensary in business, Euphoria Wellness in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.

Clark County's first marijuana dispensary opened for business Monday. Legal retail sales of pot commenced… Euphoria Wellness…the first medical marijuana… was commercially grown…More than 6,000 registered medical marijuana patients live in Clark County. There still isn't enough supply for all of them…considering Nevada dispensaries are allowed to sell to registered marijuana patients from other states, buyers can expect a limited supply for the near future.

Nevada's health insurance exchange is losing its only locally based carrier. Nevada Health CO-OP, a nonprofit insurer created by the Affordable Care Act and federally funded to offer health coverage through the Nevada Health Link marketplace, said Wednesday that it cannot make enough money to stay in business after Jan. 1…second year of high claims costs and limited growth projections for enrollment made it "clear" the insurer would have a hard time providing "quality care at reasonable rates" in 2016.