Administration officials said in letters to 46 states and territories, including Nevada, that these subjects previously approved under the Biden administration are no longer in compliance with federal statutes.

Dena Schmidt, the administrator of the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, said in her resignation letter that she cannot "continue in an environment that undermines professional respect and collaboration."

Health care providers have brought back telehealth visits as ramped-up immigration enforcement drives patients without legal status deeper into the shadows.

States including Nevada are scrambling to backfill LGBTQ+ crisis support through training, fees, and other initiatives in response to what advocates say is the Trump administration’s hostile stance toward this group.

This week, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, canceled $500 million in government-funded research projects to create new mRNA vaccines.

Experts note that cuts to services for people with disabilities are often the first to take place, but they’re vital for ensuring independence.

The investigation comes as peptides grow in popularity, thanks in part to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promotion of the amino acid chains as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.

Children’s health is the most immediate challenge amid an exposure, but not the only one. Parents may face three weeks of quarantine that requires them to keep their child at home, leaving them scrambling to figure out how to work without reliable child care.

Nevada is among the states that offer coverage of doulas, who are trained to offer critical support for families — before delivery, during childbirth, and in those daunting early days when parents are desperate for sleep and infants still wake up around the clock.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States.

The Nevada law is going into effect for the first time in 40 years after a federal district judge lifted the temporary pause Tuesday afternoon.

Portions of the bill won’t be felt for until the next few years, but experts warn of delayed effects.

As Nevada prepares to launch a state-managed public health insurance option next year, Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus (R-Wellington) has brought back a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2021 law establishing the program.

New work requirements and other provisions will lead to a projected $60 million cost to state over next five years — much lower than earlier estimates.

Delays in getting insurance approvals are a familiar headache for patients and doctors. But building enough consensus to fix the process in Nevada proved difficult.

We are tracking more than 60 promises the Nevada governor has made from his time on the campaign trail in 2022 to the end of the 2025 legislative session.

Nevada was one of two states that experienced a small increase in overdose deaths, which experts attribute to factors such as poor mental health, the makeup of the drug supply and delays in trends.  

A spokesperson for Gov. Joe Lombardo said Nevada does not currently anticipate any changes to Medicaid, which covers abortion costs under certain circumstances.

Doctors across the country are pushing to hide the name of the prescriber from the labels of mifepristone and misoprostol — the two drugs used in medication abortions.

The Markup and CalMatters audited the websites of all 19 states that independently operate their own online health exchange and found Nevada and three other states exposed visitors’ sensitive health information.