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 Rogers Foundation is requiring that current and future employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, it announced Thursday.
The Clark County School District’s board heard an update Thursday on developing an anti-racism policy, but didn’t take action.
Despite the high daily numbers, three of the state’s four leading metrics for the disease caused by the new coronavirus have been trending slightly lower in recent weeks.
Nevada is experiencing another surge of COVID-19 cases that could thwart the state’s economic recovery at a time when the safety net of unemployment benefits is due to end Sept. 4.
The UVC disinfection system, which will be installed at all 372 district campuses, will be used in unoccupied rooms on a rotating basis.
The Nevada System of Higher Education is seeking authorization from regents to draft emergency code amendments that would require employees to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 1.
The county hit the milestone a week after it surpassed 5,000 COVID-19 deaths.
In a letter Monday to priests and pastors, Bishop George Leo Thomas advises priests to not issue COVID vaccination exemptions.
Douglas King, a second generation officer who worked in the Metropolitan Police Department’s Summerlin patrol area, was expected to receive a Metro medal of honor in November.
The City of Henderson ban applies only to students at Lamping Elementary registered in the city-run Safekey program. It has no way of identifying other students at the school.
The 46 new coronavirus deaths reported Tuesday by the state Department of Health and Human Services was the highest since the state logged 55 deaths on Feb. 11.
Gov. David Ige wants to curtail travel to Hawaii through the end of October. “It is a risky time to be traveling right now,” he said.
Nevada Learning Academy, the district’s central online learning school, has seen enrollment climb more than 68 percent since the school year began this month.
A local nonprofit is holding a fundraiser for the family of Las Vegas police officer Philip Closi, who died of COVID-19 complications earlier this month.
A Carson City tavern, The Timbers, received its second complaint from the Nevada Gaming Control Board for failing to enforce Gov. Sisolak’s coronavirus mask mandate.