Nevada is one of seven states with “very high” levels of COVID wastewater activity. Experts said a tourist surge over the Fourth of July weekend was one factor.
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COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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.
Locals, many of whom depend on tourism jobs, have long felt ambivalence about living in an island paradise that relies heavily on visitor spending, but many saw an upshot to a health crisis that threatened their livelihoods.
With Arizona hospitals admitting increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients, state health officials said Wednesday that they suspended some transfers of patients from other states.
California reported a record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday as Los Angeles restaurants prepared to close for three weeks.
The city’s municipal court announced Wednesday that hearings scheduled from Nov. 30 to Dec. 31 will be pushed back five weeks.
The closures, a result of directives by Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Nevada System of Higher Education, will begin this week.
During a 10-hour meeting, the school board this week decided to switch to full-time distance learning for middle and high schools Dec. 2.
Nevada health officials say they are trying to reduce the density of people in any environment, balancing policy and political considerations along with data.
There were 3,159 new coronavirus cases and 24 additional deaths reported in Nevada on Wednesday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Rising COVID-19 cases within the state derailed plans for a number of other large events in the state.
The evidence overwhelmingly supports reopening schools. Too bad, a majority of district Trustees aren’t willing to follow the science.
Being a Pilgrim had a 50-percent fatality rate. It’s unlikely they would have let the coronavirus alter their Thanksgiving plans.
District Court has suspended jury trials until at least Jan. 11 and halted all in-person criminal and civil hearings, according to an order announced Tuesday.
The university announced Tuesday it is suspending in-person events and lowering occupancy rates to 25 percent in a few campus buildings.
There were 2,853 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, along with 24 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ website.
Nevada’s casinos won’t need to overhaul their operating plans under new guidance issued Tuesday by gaming regulators.