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.
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.
The university has reported 304 cases since the fall semester began Aug. 24, according to its case tracking website. University officials say off-campus parties are still a problem.
Just one case of COVID-19 has been connected to political rallies held this month in Nevada, state officials said Monday.
With one month of virtual school in the books, Clark County School District students, families and teachers report widely varying experiences with distance learning.
Some Las Vegas Valley private schools say they have seen few, if any, COVID-19 cases since opening their doors in August to students for in-person classes.
The total number of confirmed cases stands at 78,728 as of Sunday morning.
Las Vegas-area participants in clinical trials for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine have received their shots. Now it’s time for one or more to get sick.
It’s fair for President Donald Trump to blame America’s high coronavirus death toll on blue states. Red states have both a lower death rate from coronavirus and lower unemployment.
With 602 additional coronavirus cases reported in Nevada on Saturday, state data showed the largest increase in cases in the past month.
A grant of nearly $14 million was awarded to the state to support job training programs in high-demand fields.
Gov. Steve Sisolak is expected next week to lift certain restrictions on youth sports and adjust capacity limits for gatherings, according to a Friday news release.
Planet Hollywood is back in business. It will be a limited reopening: Gaming floors will be open seven days a week, but the hotel will only accept weekend reservations.
Lawmakers on Friday approved $29 million in allocations from Nevada’s reservoir of federal pandemic aid, with $20 million earmarked to help small businesses.
Nevada companies are extending furloughs for or laying off hundreds of workers in coming weeks.
Nevada reported an additional 556 cases of the coronavirus on Friday and nine more deaths, according to state data.