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More autonomy in Nevada health insurance exchange as open enrollment nears

Oct. 8, 2019

By John Sadler

Open enrollment for health plans through the Affordable Care Act will have a slightly different feel this year in Nevada. Namely, a break from the federal exchange ...
Las Vegan's struggle with addiction led him to rehab abroad. Now he's sharing those lessons back home

Oct. 4, 2019

By Kelcie Grega

Zack Deittrick still has the notes he took outlining philosophical theories of Socrates and Plato. The Las Vegas resident says learning those theories during a yearlong drug rehabilitation program in Buenos Aires, Argentina, helped break his addiction ...
The deep divide: State borders create Medicaid haves and have-nots

Oct. 3, 2019

By Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News

Patricia Powers went a few years without health insurance and couldn’t afford regular doctor visits. So she had no idea cancerous tumors were ...
Las Vegas vaping businesses balk at threats of federal ban

Sept. 23, 2019

By Bryan Horwath

Alex Mazzola, the CEO of a Las Vegas company that produces e-liquid vape solutions, says a threatened federal ban on flavored vaping products would put him out of business and claims small enterprises like his are “getting squeezed by big tobacco.” The Trump Administration recently said it ...
Dust advisory issued due to high winds

Sept. 16, 2019

By Sun Staff

The Clark County Department of Air Quality has issued a dust advisory today because of forecast high winds. Gusts of up to 40 mph are expected today in the ...
Study: Half of Nevada teens not vaccinated against HPV virus

Sept. 12, 2019

By Kelcie Grega

About half of Nevada’s teens may be vulnerable to cancers caused by human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection, according to the findings of a recent study ...
Agency says youth in Las Vegas area suffered illness linked to vaping

Sept. 11, 2019

Associated Press

A regional health authority is reporting the Las Vegas area's first confirmed case of severe respiratory illness linked to e-cigarette products in a person ...
Las Vegas pet parents warming to idea of CBD products

Sept. 9, 2019

By Bryan Horwath

While big box pet store chains like PetSmart and Petco still do not sell CBD products, a number of stores around the Las Vegas Valley do. Attitudes around the country continue to evolve on marijuana, and pet owners seem to be more and more willing to offer CBD products to their dogs and cats ...
Mysterious vaping lung injuries may have flown under regulatory radar

Aug. 29, 2019

By Sydney Lupkin and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kaiser Health News

It was the arrival of the second man in his early 20s gasping for air that alarmed Dr. Dixie Harris. Young patients rarely get so sick, so fast, with a severe lung illness, and this was her second case in ...
Heat deaths jump in Las Vegas and Phoenix, puzzling officials

Aug. 29, 2019

By Christopher Flavelle and Nadja Popovich, The New York Times Company

Heat-related deaths have increased sharply since 2014 in Nevada and Arizona, raising concerns that the hottest parts of the country are struggling to protect their most vulnerable residents from global warming ...
Pharma cash rolls into Congress to defend an embattled industry

Aug. 28, 2019

By Emmarie Huetteman, Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News

In the heat of the most ferocious battle over drug prices in years, pharmaceutical companies are showering U.S. senators with campaign cash as sweeping legislation heads toward the floor. In the first six months of this year alone, political action committees ...
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 ...
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