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2nd West Nile virus case reported in Clark County

A woman over the age of 50 is the second person in Clark County to contract West Nile virus this year, the Southern Nevada Health District said Thursday.

Sandoval joins governor group proposing Obamacare alternative

Nevada’s Brian Sandoval is part of a bipartisan group of governors urging Congress to retain the federal health care law’s individual mandate while seeking to stabilize individual insurance markets as legislators continue work on a long-term replacement law.

Kids with undocumented parents prone to anxiety, study shows

A new study finds that children born to parents in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are half as likely to have mental health issues than children of undocumented immigrants.

How Medicaid, and its costs, grew in Nevada

Nevada’s Medicaid program, caught in the political crossfire over rising health-care costs, is far different than the limited federal-state health insurance partnership for the “deserving poor” that President Lyndon Johnson unveiled in 1965.

UNLV medical school students celebrate milestone

UNLV School of Medicine’s first white coat ceremony was as much about recognizing founding Dean Barbara Atkinson as it was about the charter class.

Lawmakers back legislation addressing Nevada’s doctor shortage

What medical researchers have found is nothing for Nevada to be proud of: There are about 251 physicians for every 100,000 people in the United States but Nevada doesn’t quite hit 200.

Court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $417M in powder case

Johnson & Johnson on Monday was ordered by a California jury to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talc-based products like Johnson’s Baby Powder for feminine hygiene.