- Silver State Relief medical marijuana dispensary set to open (Sparks) (rgj.com)
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- Marijuana dispensary considers lawsuit over delayed opening (reviewjournal.com)
Frustrated by what they call arbitrary actions by Clark County officials that have delayed their opening, the owners of a medical marijuana dispensary (Euphoria Wellness) are considering legal action…. it has not been able to get enough marijuana to sell… Other issues, including the state’s pesticide rules, also have contributed to delays..
- Las Vegas Club’s plan for drugstore selling packaged liquor upsets other casinos (vegasinc.com)
Las Vegas Club’s effort to convert some of its property into a drugstore has encountered stiff opposition from other casinos nearby and refueled debate about the sale of packaged liquor in the...tourist-focused part of Fremont Street...A second large pharmacy adds nothing to the tourist experience, and the packaged liquor...creates...crime and medical emergencies...
- Kings Beach Rite Aid Robbed For Second Time (kolotv.com)
man who police say may be responsible for committing five recent armed pharmacy robberies has struck again in Kings Beach, CA (NV-CA Lake Tahoe area) July 16, 2015 the Rite Aid...robbed for a second time..
- Banner Medical Group recognizes local surgeon for care (bannerhealth.com)
Fallon general surgeon Lisa Rasmussen, MD, received recognition…for outstanding customer experience provided to patients…works at Banner Health Clinic specializing in general surgery, and practices at Banner Churchill Community Hospital....
- UNLV researchers open a new front in HIV battle (reviewjournal.com)
collection of biological codes sits in a library at UNLV…focus is learning how the codes can help cells fight off HIV…work can be used to develop drugs much faster…second would be to apply the codes to a variety of other diseases and understand how the affected cells work… Lastly…would be to create personalized drugs for people by figuring out their own genetic codes.
- New Travel Health Center Opens In Reno (kolotv.com)
new travel health center (Boheme Travel) Boheme Travel Clinic in Reno provides vaccinations and even prescriptions for international travel.
- Drug maker tied to Vegas hepatitis outbreak to buy Allergan unit for $40.5B (reviewjournal.com)
Teva… linked to the 2008 hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, has agreed to buy Allergan … generic drugs business… will turn (Teva ) into one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms… In..2012, Teva… agreed to pay $285 million to settle…lawsuits arising from the hepatitis C outbreak tied to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.. Teva and Baxter Healthcare…were found liable..
- Federal Judge Says $50,000 Sentence in Hepatitis Case Stays (kolotv.com)Ex-manager of clinic in hep C case pleads guilty (rgj.com)Jury convicts former doctor in Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak (lasvegassun.com)
federal judge says…a clinic chief (Tonya Rushing) connected to the largest medical office hepatitis C outbreak in Nevada history will pay $50,000 in restitution to overbilled insurers and companies, not $2.2 million prosecutors sought… U.S. Attorney…the $50,000 was intended to be credited toward a final amount yet to be determined.
- License for Las Vegas doctor in child porn case suspended indefinitely (reviewjournal.com)
Las Vegas doctor (physician, Dr. Binh Minh Chung) accused of videotaping himself having sex with sedated patients has agreed to the indefinite suspension of his license... 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of using or permitting the use of a child for the production of pornography.




