The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines designed to target recent strains of the coronavirus.
COVID 19 Vaccine
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
The Elko County Board of Health is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss and consider placing a moratorium on COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
With a new school year approaching, the Clark County School District says it doesn’t have an employee COVID-19 vaccination mandate and its development “has not been necessary.”
Federal officials now say that everyone over 50 should get a second booster. But one critic calls this “booster mania.”
Wednesday and Thursday’s COVID-19 vaccination appointments at two Las Vegas sites are now full for utility workers and those 65 and older, city officials announced Saturday.
County health officials said Friday that first-dose appointments will not be available next week at the health district or its partner clinics.
Vaccination sites at Cashman Center and Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas began accepting some walk-ins 65 and up on Thursday to receive a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Those in the 65-69 age group will have their first to get a shot at a first-dose walk-in vaccine clinic on Sunday at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center.
Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.
Appointments at Southern Nevada Health District sites on Thursday through Saturday and University Medical Center on Thursday and Friday will be rescheduled for next week.
The city was the first Southern Nevada jurisdiction to announce eligibility for that age group in late January. But days later, the city announced the plan was on hold.
Gov. Steve Sisolak provided an update on Nevada’s COVID-19 vaccination playbook, education and youth sports on Wednesday.
Eligibility to receive COVID-19 vaccine has been extended to a new group in Clark County, and it’s not the 65- to 69-year-olds who have been waiting a month.
The COVID-19 testing site at Cashman Center is closing at noon on Friday so that Clark County health officials can increase the capacity to administer vaccine at the site.
Second doses will be available at the clinic based on capacity and when the first vaccine was received.
COVID-19 vaccine clinics scheduled for Wednesday in Nye and Lyon counties have been postponed due to delayed deliveries of vaccine doses.
Many Nevadans who have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose are close to the recommended time for their second dose and questions are being raised about delays.
Nevada residents in eligible groups can receive COVID-19 vaccines at many Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies across the state.
Health reporter Mary Hynes draws on her expertise and sources to answer queries on the COVID-19 vaccine.