Cases and hospitalizations, already at low levels, continue to trend downward.
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“This project will continue to put UMC on the map,” said Mason Van Houweling, the county hospital’s CEO.
Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported at a hotel off the Las Vegas Strip are being investigated, the Southern Nevada Health District said Friday.
Jackie DeSouza-Van Blaricum, the new president of HCA Healthcare Far West Division, began the job in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Both hospitalizations and cases continue to decline in Clark County and Nevada.
Dr. Deborah Kuhls, who was the medical director of UMC’s trauma unit on Oct. 1, 2017, has co-authored a study about lessons learned from the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Monkeybox cases have been found in Nevada’s neighboring states.
Nevada already is seeing some patients from states where abortions have been restricted, abortion advocates say.
February emerged as the fourth deadliest month of the pandemic in Clark County, with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths reported since vaccinations became widely available, public health data shows.
As demand for COVID-19 testing soars, people with mild symptoms – or none at all – are crowding already busy Las Vegas-area emergency rooms to be tested for the coronavirus.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Friday reported seven confirmed hospitalized cases of flu in Clark County, with more cases expected as the holiday season continues.
Last year’s flu season was extremely mild, as COVID-19 mitigation measures also impacted the viral disease. But there are some warning signs that this year may be different.
New data and anecdotal reports in Clark County indicate that cases and hospitalizations involving kids with COVID-19 have increased sharply.
A Southern Nevada research center is looking for kids ages 12 to 17 to join a clinical trial testing the effects of a new COVID-19 vaccine on this age group.
Nevada’s Battle Born Medical Corp seeks volunteers to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. The state’s nurses are answering the call.