Anne Davis

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Las Vegas' summer heat is here. How are local entities preparing to keep people safe?

6 days ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

If you stepped outside at any point on Friday or Saturday, you know that summer is, at least unofficially, upon us. Highs in the Las Vegas valley reached 109. The local National Weather Service bureau issued an extreme heat warning — Nevada's first of the year. This triggered the opening of Clark County’s cooling stations, which are located in libraries, community centers, and shelters around the county. It remains to be seen just how hot this year’s summer will get.
Las Vegas' Shade Tree shelter begins renovations after extensive water damage

1 week ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

Each year in Nevada, 44% of women are victims of intimate partner violence. That places the state second from the bottom in the nation in terms of domestic abuse rates. For many, violence at home can be hard, and even dangerous, to escape. That’s why domestic abuse-specific shelters like the Shade Tree exist. But, in January, large-scale flooding from broken water pipes forced them to shuffle their services.
Southern Nevada Health District investigating Legionnaires' disease outbreak

2 weeks ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

The Southern Nevada Health District is investigating a Las Vegas Legionnaires' disease outbreak, officials from the agency said Thursday. The Health District said it’s looking into five Legionnaires' cases. They appear to be travel-related, and not in Nevada residents. Three visitors stayed at The Grandview, and two stayed at the adjacent South Point Hotel in southern Las Vegas, in August, February, and April.
How healthy is Southern Nevada? A new report sheds a lot of light

2 weeks ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

If you’ve lived in Southern Nevada for any length of time, you know that markers of public health here tend to be discouraging — and that might be putting it lightly. Our age-adjusted fentanyl overdose rate is at a six-year high; active tuberculosis cases are up 68% since before the pandemic. Last summer, record numbers of people died from the heat. Skin cancer rates are still high, though other types of cancer and overall cancer mortality have fallen slightly.
How healthy is Southern Nevada? A new report sheds a lot of light

2 weeks ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) has released its latest Community Health Assessment Report (CHA). It includes data the district began gathering in 2024. The report, which comes out every three to five years, identified eight areas of public health concern in Southern Nevada: social determinants of health, access to care, mental health, chronic disease, public health funding, environmental factors, substance use, and infectious disease.
Shade Tree starts renovations following flood damage in main shelter

3 weeks ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

Las Vegas’ Shade Tree domestic violence shelter announced on Tuesday it has begun renovations to restore full shelter services, following significant flooding in its main shelter area. Shade Tree has temporarily moved shelter residents as repairs on the 25-year-old building have started, following catastrophic pipe bursts in early January. While the cost of the damage hasn’t yet been determined, the nonprofit has kicked off its Rise and Restore campaign.
New recalls issued after two Nevadans hospitalized in Listeria outbreak

3 weeks ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

The Food and Drug Administration is reopening an investigation into a Listeria outbreak in Nevada that it says began last year. The FDA announced a recall of over 85 ready-to-eat foods over the weekend. That includes sandwiches, pasta dishes, and snacks, following a Listeria outbreak that has hospitalized two Nevadans.
Nevada ranks toward the bottom for vaccinations, and it's getting worse

1 month ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

For years, Nevada has ranked among the lowest in the country for vaccination rates, and it’s getting worse. A very common vaccination for MMR — measles, mumps and rubella — for kids 5 to 12 fell from 94.5% in 2016 to 92.4% this year; 95% is considered the safe threshold. At the same time, parents in Nevada are getting exemptions for their kids based on religion at two times the rate of the rest of the country. Exemptions rose from 3.5% to 4.2% this year. These might seem like small numbers.
'I Served My Country, but It's Not Serving Me'

1 month ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

Clean air, pristine national parks, safe water — all aspects of daily life in Nevada that the state’s estimated 22,000 federal workers help to make a reality. When the Trump administration’s mass layoffs began on January 28, however, this work was jeopardized.
Las Vegas fashion show sets fundraising sights on trafficking

2 months ago | knpr.org | Anne Davis

Advocates call Las Vegas a human trafficking “hotspot.” Earlier this year, the World Population Report ranked Nevada second in the nation for human trafficking incidents per capita. And it’s a longstanding problem. In 2016, the National Human Trafficking Hotline ranked Las Vegas fifth for the number of hotline calls, also per capita. What’s encouraging is that awareness is growing. In November, the locally produced anti-trafficking action flick, “Vegas Traffic,” premiered at the Beverly Theater.