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.
A two-week lockdown triggered by COVID-19 at a state women’s prison in northern Las Vegas was lifted last week following widespread testing of the inmate population.
The Clark County School District has submitted a waiver to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking to continue offering free meals to children using a drive-thru format this school year.
Three stores at Fashion Show mall were fined last week for failing to follow COVID-19 health and safety measures.
New cases were below the daily average of nearly 861 over the preceding week, while fatalities were well below the daily average of nearly 18 over the period.
Schools are handing out tens of thousands of the basic laptop computers and arranging internet connections for students who would otherwise be left in the lurch.
Contestants at the Mrs. Nevada America Pageant were performing to an empty room Sunday night after being told by the city of Las Vegas that the crowd size did not comply with Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mandate.
The clean, clear waters of Crater Lake National Park are being threatened by contamination brought in by visitors after the coronavirus pandemic spurred sharp cutbacks in park staffing.
A Georgia high school plans to start the week with all classes shifting online after nine students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus when the school year opened last week with most students attending in-person.
A California church held indoor worship services Sunday despite a judge’s temporary restraining order barring the church from doing so.
A worker at Ikea’s Las Vegas store has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Angela Stabile of Stabile productions says, “We need to be accounted for. This is the Entertainment Capital of the World, and we need him to make us a priority.”
With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.
Data released by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services shows a total of 56,230 cases statewide and a death toll of 957.
With no signs of the COVID-19 pandemic receding anytime soon, more trouble can be seen on the horizon with the approach of flu season.
New Zealand on Sunday marked 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the coronavirus, a rare bright spot in a world that continues to be ravaged by the disease.