Nevada has nowhere to go but up on youth mental health services. A lack of sustainable funding has prevented a more unified network of care.

During his tenure, he shepherded the agency through the COVID-19 pandemic and many other public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic.

As of 2023, nearly 86.9 percent of the state’s population lives in a federally designated mental health professional shortage area.

The state’s Division of Industrial Relations, the agency responsible for workplace safety and worker protections in Nevada, has adopted a regulation to protect workers from heat-related illness.

Since 2010, young people aged 15-24 have the highest rate of suicide attempts of any other age group in the Silver State.

Voters in Nevada and two other states voted last Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions while also electing Donald Trump for the White House.

The state-managed health insurance program will now include abortion services alongside its other medically necessary health care options.

The discovery of a document with a passing mention of Agent Orange suggests the government may be involved in contaminating the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.

Nevadans will vote on a ballot question to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, though the measure would not affect access to abortion care in the Silver State.

As a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Nevada Constitution goes before voters in November, a new poll shows Silver State residents oppose criminalizing the procedure.

The bill would establish a statutory right to IVF, provide protections for health care providers and expand insurance options to cover IVF treatment.

To bring a lawsuit in the future, the order dismissing the case noted that plaintiffs would need to demonstrate the legislation caused actual harm.

How do pharmacy benefit managers shape the price of prescription drugs, and what is contributing to the high cost of medications?

Nevada ranks close to dead last in women’s health and reproductive care across all U.S. states and the District of Columbia, a new report shows.

The plan collapsed after a souring relationship between UNLV and the Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation. Two years ago, the groups celebrated the construction of a medical school building.

The university is contracting with the state to ensure it is made whole for vaccination outreach and research, among other services it provided.

County election officials verified more than 127,000 signatures gathered by Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, well more than the roughly 102,000 needed to qualify for the ballot.

Advocates are calling for the “Silver State Home Care Standards,” which include a $20 minimum wage and increased funding to support small home-care businesses.

COVID-19 not only took away nearly 100,000 years of life through premature deaths, but doubled substance abuse deaths and brought other consequences.

The 5 percent enrollment rate doesn’t account for people who have switched to a private health plan and only includes those who no longer qualify for Medicaid.