Krystal Ramirez for NPR
Home health care workers in Nevada are lobbying the state legislature to raise caregivers' minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour.
Southern Nevada Health District
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In Congress, Republicans have made it known that they’re considering plans to cut billions of dollars from the Medicaid program, designed to help lower-income people with basic health needs. -
Homelessness is growing throughout Nevada, but especially in Clark County. -
Twenty-five years ago, Clark County had a population of 1.4 million but no medical school. The lone medical school was in Washoe County, which had four times fewer people. But today, four schools in Southern Nevada offer medical doctorates. -
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In Congress right now, Republicans have made it known that they’re considering plans to cut billions of dollars from the Medicaid program. -
Nevada State lawmakers are considering a measure requiring Clark and Washoe County to add heat mitigation strategies into their master plans. -
Bird flu remains a growing problem across the U.S., and many of us have questions about how serious it is and how worried we should be. -
More than 300 Nevada home care workers recently voted to unionize, reports SEIU Local 1107, the state’s largest healthcare and public service union. -
Nevada lawmakers have unanimously approved a measure aimed at lowering the costs of eggs across the state. -
Nevada officially has its first and only human case of bird flu. The Central Nevada Health District confirmed the illness on Monday.
