Healthcare
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A Las Vegas Democrat introduced a bill that would expand Medicaid coverage for vasectomies
The bill would expand Medicaid to include care like vasectomies and birth control.
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It’s up to us to stop GOP attacks on healthcare access and affordability
As Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, I think about healthcare access every single day—because for many Nevadans, it’s not a policy issue. It’s personal. It’s about whether your child gets to see a doctor. Whether your mom can afford her insulin. Whether your neighbor can survive cancer without going bankrupt. March…
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Cáncer gástrico: Hispanos en EE. UU. tienen el doble de riesgo que los blancos no hispanos
Por Isabel Rubio, FACTCHEQUEADO Qué sabemos sobre el cáncer gástrico y por qué los hispanos en EE. UU. tienen el doble de probabilidades de ser diagnosticados y morir por esta enfermedad que los blancos no hispanos Si sólo tienes unos segundos, lee estas líneas: Las búsquedas sobre “cáncer gástrico” en Google en Estados Unidos se…
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As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing back
Hospitals are using AI to predict medical issues and guide care, but it often leads to false alarms and unsafe advice. In Henderson, a nurse was mistakenly alerted by the system to give fluids to a dialysis patient flagged for sepsis, which would have overloaded the patients kidneys.
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Nevada officials, veterans worry VA cuts could impact access to healthcare and other benefits
VA branches that cover Nevada, which is home to more than 200,000 veterans, employ a combined roughly 4,800 full-time employees and complete more than one million healthcare visits each year — leaving some worried that any cuts to the agency will impact their wellbeing. Amid recently announced plans to eliminate roughly 82,000 jobs at the…
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Quién es Robert F. Kennedy Jr., el abogado antivacunas confirmado por el Senado como secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos
Tras ganar las elecciones, el presidente electo Donald Trump nombró al activista antivacunas Robert F. Kennedy Jr. como secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos. El 13 de febrero de 2025, el Senado confirmó a Kennedy Jr. en este cargo con una votación de 52 a 48.
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New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC says
By Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia According to state health officials, the dairy worker was exposed at a farm in Churchill County, in the west central part of the state. NEW YORK (AP) — A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has…
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Wage increase shows early success in stabilizing Nevada home care workforce
Seniors have officially outnumbered children for the first time in US history. But Nevada’s new minimum wage increase for care workers offers a model to address a looming crisis. A groundbreaking minimum wage increase for Nevada’s home care workers has dramatically improved workforce stability, offering potential solutions as America faces an unprecedented demographic shift in…
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Registró Nevada Health Link un récord de inscripciones en su período de inscripción abierta de 2025
Registró Nevada Health Link un récord de inscripciones en su período de inscripción abierta de 2025.
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Feds approve Nevada public option health insurance plans
In becoming the third state to offer publicly-available health care plans, officials say residents can soon expect lower premiums and improved quality of health care throughout the Silver State. By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current Public option health insurance plans, offered at lower costs than the plans available through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, will…
