COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
“Coronavirus: What You Need to Know,” which will air for the first time at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, will feature information and tips from regional health officials.
The Senate passed an $8.3 billion measure Thursday to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in hopes of accelerating the government’s response to the virus.
“Countries should be preparing for sustained community transmission,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, leader of the World Health Organization, said of the virus outbreak.
To go or not to go. For Las Vegas, that is the question. The Trump administration’s response has been to stay away from telling convention sponsors that the show must go on. Or not.
Las Vegas and Clark County officials say they are prepared to deal with an outbreak of new coronavirus if one occurs.
The Grand Princess’ chief medical officer says the ship is at sea off the coast of Mexico and will skip a scheduled stop in Ensenada.
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California as federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home where most of the victims were stricken.
The move comes up as Southern Nevada colleges brace for the possibility that the new coronavirus will reach their campuses.
Organizers of the conference featuring the former vice president said the training was delayed because of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.
All of the deaths — including the latest one reported, which happened last week but was not tied to the virus until now — have occurred in Washington state.
Mushrooming outbreaks in the Mideast, Europe and South Korea contrasted with optimism in China, where thousands of recovered patients were going home.
As the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus claimed six people and Axios reported that some test kits produced at a Center for Disease and Prevention Control lab may have been contaminated, the Trump White House tried to reassure the public.
Six people have now died from coronavirus in Washington state, health officials said Monday.
Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus. Researchers said the virus may have been circulating for weeks undetected in the greater Seattle area.
