Nevada State Medical Association

Physicians: Rule that doctors ID athlete’s sex at birth ‘inappropriate’ for school physical

The board that oversees high school sports added the requirement as the Trump administration has pushed for keeping transgender athletes out of girls’ sports.

Volunteers with Roseman University prepare to administer vaccines at the Asian Community Development Council food pantry.

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Amid Trump vaccine skepticism, docs ask Lombardo to join alternate vaccine guidance group

Medical organizations told Lombardo that a federal shift away from vaccines could boost preventable diseases and further strain the state’s health care system.

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Lauro Solomo, left, helps Carrillo Felipe fill out paperwork during a pop up vaccination clinic at Hullum Homes Apartment Complex in Las Vegas.

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CVS and Walgreens to resume COVID vaccines in Nevada after regulators clarify rules

Major chains had stopped offering the vaccine in Nevada. State law is tied to federal guidance, which is unsettled and has narrowed under Trump.

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Public option supporters say it’s necessary for affordable health care; industry balks

Opponents argue that a state-managed health insurance option could exacerbate Nevada’s shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals.

Despite Lombardo opposition, Nevada’s public option moves forward

Nevada officials are moving forward with plans to adopt a state-managed public health care option despite Gov. Joe Lombardo’s well-documented hostility to the concept.

Governor Joe Lombardo during his first State of the State inside the Assembly Chamber at the Legislature on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent)

Despite Lombardo opposition, lawmakers hear health care bills from Sisolak-created patient group

Less than a month after Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office sent a letter to the Patient Protection Commission telling members not to advance two of its three proposed bills, lawmakers gave each bill a hearing Wednesday.

A crowd gathers during a reproductive health rights demonstration in front of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas.

In pro-choice Nevada, obscure law sends women to prison for late-term pregnancy loss

Nevada is a firmly pro-choice state with the protections from Roe v. Wade enshrined in state law and the majority of Nevadans consistently polling in favor of reproductive rights. But it’s the only state in the country that can imprison people for terminating a pregnancy under certain circumstances, according to Laura FitzSimmons, the Carson City-based lawyer now representing Frazier pro bono.

Sisolak signs bill making Nevada the second state to adopt a public health insurance option

Nevada became the second state in the nation to enact a state-managed public health insurance option on Wednesday, with Gov. Steve Sisolak’s signature transforming a bill that hadn’t even been made public until six weeks ago into law.

Budget subcommittee votes to roll back Medicaid rate decreases approved during summer special session

Lawmakers on a budget subcommittee voted Wednesday to recommend rolling back a 6 percent Medicaid rate decrease, approved by the Legislature during a budget-slashing special session last summer, in a major victory for Nevada’s health care providers who had pilloried the reductions.

PODCAST: Trucking association’s Paul Enos on keeping the supply chain going in times of coronavirus

In an interview for the IndyMatters podcast, Nevada Trucking Association CEO Paul Enos insisted that shoppers don’t need to fear a food shortage. He said the scarcity on display is the product of people buying things up in massive quantities with none of the advance warning to stores and suppliers that usually comes ahead of heavy shopping periods.

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