COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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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.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
The free clinic runs Wednesday through Friday this week. Registration in advance is required.
The updated numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services brought statewide totals to 288,348 cases and 4,709 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
An unknown number of skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities that didn’t qualify under the federally run program have been left to fend for themselves.
Nevada on Saturday reported 813 new coronavirus cases and 31 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
All of the Clark County School District’s approximately 42,000 employees, as well as those of public charter schools, are now eligible to make appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, the district said Wednesday.
The updated numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services brought statewide totals to 284,042 cases and 4,520 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
A Henderson man credits an experimental treatment for COVID-19 with saving his life and his wife’s.
Nevada on Saturday reported 898 new coronavirus cases and 33 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Access to immunizations is merely the newest public health predicament faced disproportionately by people of color.
Large Las Vegas venues including T-Mobile Arena are being considered as potential COVID-19 vaccination sites as the state works to speed up distribution efforts.
Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
Older adult residents of the predominantly Black community and other valley residents lined up Wednesday for the chance to get doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Hundreds of older Laughlin residents lined up on the second floor of the Aquarius casino early Wednesday for the town’s first COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
UMC has partnered with Vitalant to host the TeamUMC Blood Drive on Wednesday. Walk-ins are welcome.
Students from UNLV, College of Southern Nevada and Nevada State College are staffing education “point of dispensing” sites and administering the vaccine to the public.
