The Nashville-based nonprofit's announcement comes after the state terminated millions of dollars in grant agreements with Immunize Nevada in mid-March.

The state’s health and human services director says the new program will help the state come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

During a meeting of an interim legislative committee, state officials said they are establishing a coalition to fill a void left by Immunize Nevada.

The state’s health insurance program is expected to use about $7.3 million from its catastrophic reserve fund to subsidize the monthly premium increases.

The state’s main partner in promoting vaccines accused of inadequate financial management and “possible fraudulent activities.”

A Nevada nonprofit that provides abortion services had argued that Nevada Medicaid's ban on covering abortion services violated the state's Equal Rights Amendment.

The Nevada Independent spoke with Renown’s CEO, Brian Erling, one year after he stepped into the role in December, along with a bevy of other health experts about the region’s most extensive hospital system.

The state scrapped funding for crisis services in rural areas and a pandemic-era mental health program, and shifted money to college police and a housing study.

The CEO reports that as of January, Positively Kids has paid off $1.7 million in outstanding debts and brought all past-due accounts up to date.

Proponents of the program say answers needed to “outstanding questions” that would boost the number of participating insurers.

Monday would have marked the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now overturned decision in Roe v. Wade, and Nevada Democrats were unified in their message — abortion is on the ballot in 2024.

Although the narrower version can move forward, an abortion rights group’s more expansive first proposal is still being reviewed by the Nevada Supreme Court.

Renown’s staff single-handedly manages infant ambulance transfers for the region after St. Mary’s discontinued its maternal services a year ago.

The lawsuit said that the law violates the Nevada Constitution in three ways, including that it generates public revenue but was not passed by the required two-thirds majority vote.

The funding seeks to increase the number of patients that the state can treat. More than half of the money will go toward a program to provide certain patients with social skills training and types of therapy.

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

Teen’s pragmatic approach involves warning people who use drugs about contaminated supplies in the community to keep them safer.

Reproductive rights are trying to place a question on the 2024 ballot to enshrine those rights in Nevada's constitution. A Carson City judge ruled the question was too broad, but an appeal is expected in the Nevada Supreme Court

Pregnancy often motivates people to seek treatment for substance use. Yet significant barriers stand in the way of those who want care, even as national rates of fatal drug overdoses during and shortly after pregnancy continue to rise.

The PACT Act extends health care coverage to veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, burn pits and other forms of toxic exposures during their military service and makes over 20 conditions associated with toxic exposure “presumptive,” meaning veterans don’t have to spend time proving their disability is a result of their service when applying for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits or health care.