The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week.
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Updated data for Clark County on Wednesday provided a glimmer of hope that the local wave may have crested, but public health officials cautioned that it’s too soon to tell.
President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that the pandemic has left Americans exhausted and demoralized but insisted that he has “outperformed” expectations.
The number of people with COVID-19 in Clark County hospitals has exceeded the highs seen during last winter’s surge, and key metrics suggest the disease has not yet peaked.
COVID-19 cases among Transportation Safety Administration workers at Harry Reid International Airport have sharply increased in the past month.
“The faster omicron spreads, the more opportunities there are for mutation, potentially leading to more variants,” Leonardo Martinez, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Boston University, said.
The congresswoman said Friday she intends to introduce legislation ushering in federal protections for 450,000 acres of land near the southernmost tip of Nevada.
Continuing with a dangerous pattern, Nevada reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day Friday morning.
A new federal website to request free test kits launches Wednesday, with the first shipments going out to Americans by the end of the month.
The new sites at Texas Station in North Las Vegas and Fiesta Henderson are capable of administering 40,000 tests a day, five days a week.
Candidates criticized Sisolak in an election year that will be dominated by education issues.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday the state had ordered more than a half million at-home COVID-19 tests.
An increasing number of sick employees and an continuing rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations have extended a staffing crisis in Southern Nevada hospitals for a second week.
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, who led the Senate’s Democrats, was accorded a rare honor as his body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama spoke Saturday during the memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Las Vegas.
Air Force One touched down at Harry Reid International Airport about 7:30 p.m. Friday. On the tarmac, Biden met with Gov. Steve Sisolak, U.S. Reps Dina Titus, Steven Horsford and Susie Lee, and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman highlighted economic development during the annual State of the City address Thursday, saying little about a resurgent pandemic.
President Biden on Thursday delivered what he declared was the “God’s truth” marking the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Donald Trump’s supporters that raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., was on the Senate floor, ready to speak, when she was rushed out of the chamber by Capitol Police as rioters broke in on Jan. 6, 2021.
Hospitalizations are rising at the same time large numbers of health care workers are getting ill and missing work, the Nevada Hospital Association said Wednesday.
Former President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy this weekend at a memorial service for former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the late senator’s office announced Wednesday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday vowed to hold accountable anyone who was responsible for last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, whether they were physically there or not.