COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain at low levels in Clark County and statewide.
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For the first time in 12 weeks, both cases and hospitalizations in Clark County increase this past week, according to new state data.
At a time when anatomy increasingly is taught using interactive touch screens and models, Touro University’s leaders believe in the importance of learning by dissecting actual bodies, medicine’s centuries-old rite of passage.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s medical advisory team isn’t discussing lifting the mandate; Las Vegas mayor says it’s time and that “the public is not stupid.”
There was a 15-minute wait to get a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Southern Nevada Health District offices early Monday as eligibility expanded to all Nevadans 16 and up.
More Nevadans have warmed to the idea of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 over the past five months, according to a new poll.
Walgreens index shows Nevada with the highest incidence of flu, though levels remain low both in the state and across the country.
Washoe County, flagged as being at an elevated risk level, will be expected to present an action plan later this week to the COVID-19 Management and Mitigation Task Force.
Vaccination rates for children are ticking up after plummeting in the spring, when lockdowns and fear of COVID-19 had parents skipping visits to the pediatrician.
The first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Nevada was announced on Thursday by the Southern Nevada Health District, while late Thursday a second Nevadan has tested positive in Washoe County.
Family and friends are rallying around 22-year-old Ashleigh Cope, who became ill the Tuesday before Thanksgiving following an out-patient surgery at a Henderson clinic.
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center and MountainView Hospital will participate in “Crush the Crisis” day by collecting many types of opioid medicines.
Echoing similar warnings by the CDC, the Southern Nevada Health district and other authorities warn that use of e-cigarettes can cause serious lung illness.
The tour, which began Monday in Las Vegas, is intended to “call out Republicans for the health-care emergency they are creating,” an organizer said.
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