Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
COVID 19 Vaccine
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.”
A majority of the patients requiring hospitalization are 70 or older, and the number of people being admitted to the ICU for care or who require mechanical ventilation remain near all-time lows.
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.
Vaccinations will be available for people over the age of 70 and anyone whose job currently qualifies them for vaccination.
A vaccination clinic beginning Wednesday at Doolittle Senior Center in Las Vegas quickly filled all available slots Monday only hours after the city announced that appointments had been added.
There are no available appointments for the public at large to sign up for at this time, a Las Vegas city spokesman said. Only residents who pre-registered are eligible.
O.J. Simpson, the NFL great who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife but later spent years in prison after a conviction on armed robbery charges, received his coronavirus vaccine in Las Vegas.
The head of the Southern Nevada Health District said it will be “several weeks” before COVID-19 vaccine becomes available to those in the general public in this age group.
Clark County School District employees can now register for future appointments to get COVID-19 vaccines after confusion at vaccination sites last week.
While some Clark County educators received their first doses of the vaccine last week, many others met with disappointment during a confusing rollout.
Health reporter Mary Hynes draws on her expertise, sources to answer queries on the COVID-19 vaccine. Submit questions at vaccinequestions@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-0245.
In its initial days of public operations, the clinic saw numerous no-shows, prompting them to issue instant alerts to those who preregistered or give the shots to walk-ins.
Clark County and Southern Nevada Health Heath District representatives provide updated vaccination information at a news briefing.
Southern Nevada Health District posted Monday morning that “frontline community support” workers can schedule an appointment.
Health reporter Mary Hynes draws on her expertise, sources to answer queries on the COVID-19 vaccine. Submit questions at vaccinequestions@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-0245
The Southern Nevada Health District is providing an update on COVID-19 vaccinations.
“Our primary goal is to ensure we don’t let any doses go to waste. We want to maximize every dose that comes into the state — and avoid expired or unused doses,” he said.