The current strain of bird flu has been circulating throughout the nation since late 2021 and was detected for the first time in Nevada in early July.
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More than 1,500 people have signed a petition seeking a Nevada ban of products found in herbicides used regularly in Southern Nevada parks and landscaping areas.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and Nevada dropped for the third straight week.
People with monkeypox may experience fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. Many in the outbreak have developed zit-like bumps on many parts of the body.
Journalist and author Sam Quinones talked about the ongoing issue of meth and fentanyl in the United States.
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.”
Appointments to get the monkeypox vaccine are available for individuals at higher risk of exposure, the Southern Nevada Health District said Friday in a news release.
Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person’s condition.
Federal officials now say that everyone over 50 should get a second booster. But one critic calls this “booster mania.”
Despite declines in some key metrics, levels of the virus remain high in Clark County, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The recent outbreak in China has caused the gambling enclave to extend its lockdown by 5 days.
Wilson Bernales, 55, recently completed a nearly four-month stint as a volunteer in the Zaporizhia region in southeastern Ukraine that served as a last stop for some fleeing the country.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the more traditional type of vaccine for those 18 and older.
All of the cases are in men who identify as having sex with other men, the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday.
In Nevada and nationwide, 988 will replace the 10-digit suicide and mental health hotline number, an early step in the state’s efforts to bolster response to mental-health crises.
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