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.
Potential fraud appears to be more prevalent in the benefits program for independent and gig workers, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, DETR Chief Economist Dave Schmidt said.
The head of Nevada’s employment bureau provided an update Friday morning on unemployment benefits.
Many fitness buffs are excited to be back at Southern Nevada’s gyms, now that they are allowed to reopen under Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Phase Two directives.
A poll found that two-thirds of small-business owners surveyed are “concerned about having to stay closed, or closing again, if there is a second wave of COVID-19.”
Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation wants callers to make the calls themselves, rather than use robocalls.
It’s like Alexis Cossman is stuck in the middle between the employment offices of Ohio and Nevada.
The COVID-19 pandemic and related job losses mean many face the daunting prospect of trying to pay their medical bills without stable insurance or their regular income.