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Create a personal Medicare account

Aug. 23, 2019

By Greg Dill

Would you like a way to store your health records in one place online, so you can quickly share them with …
Councilman on Medical District: 'We need to be very, very competitive'

Aug. 22, 2019

By Miranda Willson

The Las Vegas Medical District is growing. But in the face of ongoing health care challenges in Southern Nevada, Ward 1 City Councilman Brian Knudsen, whose ward includes the district, still thinks the city could advance the district further. The city council received updates on the Medical District for the first time in ...
Horsford holds court on health care, trade and Trump in session with Sun editors

Aug. 15, 2019

By John Sadler

When U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford hears from his constituents, the top issue they bring up is bringing down the cost of health care. To that end, the second-term congressman is …
Dealing with the lingering psychological effects of a mass shooting

Aug. 11, 2019

By Anna Almendrala, Kaiser Health News

Veronica Kelley was working at an office building across the street from the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., in December 2015 when a county employee and his wife entered with semiautomatic rifles and ...
More West Nile virus cases reported in Las Vegas area

Aug. 1, 2019

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Eleven people have been infected with West Nile virus in Clark County this year, most with a more severe form of the mosquito-borne illness, according to the ...
In a messy Democratic presidential debate, facts about Medicare for All get tossed about

July 31, 2019

By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News

Here we go again. It’s been a month since Democratic presidential hopefuls last took to the debate stage, but Tuesday night in Detroit 10 candidates again faced off for ...
UNLV med school Dean Barbara Atkinson taking new role Sept. 1

July 24, 2019

By Miranda Willson

UNLV School of Medicine Dean Barbara Atkinson has announced she will transition from dean into an advisory leadership role with the school, effective Sept. 1. Atkinson, who has led ...
DOJ lawyers try new tricks to undo Obamacare. Will it work?

July 15, 2019

Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News

Once again, the fate of the Affordable Care Act is before the courts. The health law has traveled all the way to the Supreme Court (twice!) and is highly likely to make another visit. On that path, the law made a stop Tuesday before ...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ podcast: Could the ACA really go away?

July 13, 2019

Kaiser Health News

The Affordable Care Act was back in court again this week — this time before a three-judge panel at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. A lower court ruled last December that the entire ACA is now unconstitutional because ...
Resort corridor hospital targeted by new Nevada law seeks to dispel misconceptions

July 11, 2019

By John Sadler

A year after its opening and a few months after it was targeted in a political debate in the Nevada Legislature, Elite Medical Center — the closest hospital to the Las Vegas Strip — is looking toward 2021. That’s the year that Elite will have to accept Medicare and Medicaid, although ...
Training the next generation of doctors is critical to improving Nevadans’ health

July 9, 2019

By Dr. Darrell Kirch

While there is a worsening doctor shortage across America, the need for physicians is particularly acute in Southern Nevada. The UNLV School of Medicine is working to …
Health District reports 2nd human case of West Nile virus

July 8, 2019

By Sun Staff

The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting a second human case of West Nile virus, which is spread by infected mosquitoes. The patient, a woman under the age of 50, has the more ...
Health impact from smoke rises with more intense wildfires

June 26, 2019

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths. That emerging reality is prompting people in cities and ...
Opioid epidemic touched thousands of Nevadans, costing millions of dollars, state lawsuit alleges

June 20, 2019

By John Sadler

“The defendants created an unprecedented public health crisis for their own profit, and the deaths of thousands of Nevadans is on their hands. Their blatant disregard for human life shocks the conscience.”
Nevada's attorney general files a wide-ranging opioid lawsuit

June 17, 2019

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Nevada's attorney general expanded the state's lawsuit against the maker of the opioid OxyContin on Monday to include the company's former president, his ...
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