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.
Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks and personal freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring down infection rates.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday praised Southern Nevada for progress it has made against COVID-19, while stressing the community will need to remain vigilant to reopen safely and return to greater normalcy.
Hopes that a vaccine will be approved by year’s end continue to build, but questions about efficacy, manufacturing and distribution lead some to call for tempered expectations.
The state Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported 414 additional cases of the coronavirus, and 10 more deaths across Nevada.
Bobby Kingston finally got his wish of a formal response Thursday, when an OSHA official called him and told him it was OK to stage his ambient music. Or keep staging it, in this instance.
In a message on UNR’s website, President Marc Johnson issued a stern warning about students partying off campus without practicing social distancing or wearing masks.
The 0.07 percent decline in the rate came as the state added 260 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths over the preceding day.
As Nevada awaits approval for the federal $300-a-week unemployment benefit application, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will double the three weeks of pay initially guaranteed to jobless Americans.
President Donald Trump rejected Nevada’s request for the federal government to fully fund the cost of deploying the National Guard to help the state’s coronavirus response.
Bars in Washoe and Nye counties will reopen next week, but bars in Clark County will remain closed, the state’s COVID-19 task force ruled Thursday.
Three Square’s east campus will house its senior hunger programs and an upgraded call center, as well as additional warehouse space.
New data from the Department of Health and Human Services raises the state case total to 72,546 and pushes the death toll to 1,429.
The Clark County School District will again offer free meals to all children after receiving a long-sought waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the program.
A popular watering hole on the Strip got its license suspended by county officials over the Labor Day weekend.