John Packham News Today

Earlier this year, Nevada lawmakers unanimously passed SB375, which allocates $20 million over the next two fiscal years to increase the number of nursing faculty and graduates at seven state nursing programs — an effort to address the state’s troubling nursing shortage.

Nevada has a new law that lowers the price upfront of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks and buses for businesses and public fleets.

See the latest press releases and statements from the American Lung Association.

State lawmakers are poised to enact the most significant legislation in years to address enduring health workforce shortages in Nevada.

Health care in Nevada has a lot of issues. Too few doctors is a big one. Then there’s follow-up, or not, of patients after they leave a hospital.

Nevada's health dept. confirmed that a proposed law related to healthcare data was canceled in compliance with an executive order issued by Gov. Joe Lombardo.

Wednesday morning, Washoe County Health District (WCHD) and University of Nevada’s (UNR) Schools of Medicine and Public Health officials presented newly released “County Health Rankings & Roadmaps” data. A national initiative out of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Washoe County Health District announced new data on health county-by-county in Nevada.

Washoe County’s overall health is good compared to other counties in Nevada, but compared to the rest of the country, things aren’t so rosy.

The population has plenty of “exercise opportunities” but also high rates of sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study.