Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Wednesday called for tighter scrutiny of electronic health records systems, which have prompted thousands of reports of patient injuries and other safety problems over the past decade.

Last October, Esteban Serrano wrenched his knee badly during his weekly soccer game with friends.

A bill that would have required insurance companies to pay for out-of-network care for Nevadans living more than 25 miles from an in-network provider was gutted Wednesday after the sponsor described it as unworkable as written.

Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen, D-Henderson, has been named to chair the Health and Human Services Committee.

A Las Vegas couple in their early 60s making $65,800 a year can receive nearly $1,200 in monthly subsidies from the federal government to buy health insurance.

When Beverly Dunn called her new primary care doctor’s office last November to schedule an annual checkup, she assumed her Medicare coverage would pick up most of the tab.