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.
California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.
A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far.
Nevada set a somber milestone for most coronavirus deaths in one week on Saturday, surpassing the previous benchmark reached just a week ago. The state’s new cases also boosted total case numbers past 200,000.
Five of the state’s seven degree-granting schools saw a decline in students for the fall semester, which wrapped up this month. The exceptions: UNLV and Nevada State College.
With the deadline to spend it or lose it less than two weeks away, Nevada lawmakers on Friday approved more than $200 million in allocations of federal COVID-19 relief dollars.
As Nevadans line up for a shot to fend off the coronavirus, we answer 11 frequently asked questions about the vaccine and invite you to submit your own queries.
CHAP has not been without criticism from those who say it is moving too slowly and who feel left in the dark about their status after applying.
The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
One Las Vegas family’s plan for tropical getaway to Hawaii turned into a quarantine disaster after issues with an at-home COVID-19 testing service.
Faith leaders say they anticipate greater live participation, but one mosque holding to more stringent 50-person limit.
Nevada on Friday reported 35 new coronavirus deaths and 2,878 additional cases, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada will receive 42 percent fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine next week, one of 13 states reporting that their expected second shipments have been reduced by the federal government.
Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
Human Nature’s Toby Allen has been forced into quarantine after taking a flight across Australia.
In a bid to promote confidence in the coronavirus vaccine, Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence were vaccinated at the White House early Friday.