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For the time being, the seven-year Republican quest to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act has collapsed. While I don’t think we’ve seen the last attempt…
Medicaid Helps Prevent Disease
Medicaid, the nation’s public health insurance program for low-income children, adults, seniors, and people with disabilities, covers 17% of Nevadans, including many with complex and costly needs…
Public Health. It's Vital to Nevada.
If you are following current news, you are aware the Senate is now considering two crucial pieces of legislation: the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget. Both could…
A Perspective on Polio: Then and Now
In the United States in the 1940’s through the 1950’s, polio was widespread, crippling over 35,000 people each year. The outbreak caused great panic, leaving parents fearful to let their kids play…
Investing in Prevention Saves Lives and Money
Public health protects every Nevadan, every single day, in countless ways; and makes our world a better place. Many of these ways go unnoticed, in fact, public health may have saved your life today.
Repeat After Us: Vaccines Are Safe. Vaccines Are Effective. Vaccines Save Lives.
News reports continue to suggest that president-elect Donald Trump is possibly considering forming a new federal commission on immunizations after meeting with anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. earlier…
Preventing cancer just got a little easier. That’s a big deal.
The official news at the end of 2016 was a change to the recommendation for HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination, reducing the recommended number of doses from three to just two for girls and boys…
Why Do You Get the Flu Vaccine Every Year?
We asked Nevadans why they get the flu vaccine. Here were their answers!
Q: Why do you get a flu vaccine every year?
Delmo Andreozzi
County Commissioner for Elko County
“I get immunized every year…
2016 Nevada Flu Hero Awards
While the numbers vary, in the United States, millions of people are sickened, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized, and thousands or tens of thousands of people die from flu every year. According…
Battle for a Healthy Nevada: How to show school spirit with a flu vaccine
The Red Sox versus Yankees. Celtics versus Lakers. Rebels versus Wolf Pack. Team rivalries run deep, and nowhere in Nevada does this ring more true than between the University of Nevada, Reno and…
Local family bonds over flu vaccine. Seriously.
“Flu immunizations are not a hard sell in our family. My husband and I are rooted in public health and understand that influenza can be a serious illness, even for those of us who are healthy.
I…