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Las Vegas intensive care nurse Geoconda Hughes discusses how the COVID-19 outbreak has made her question her career choice.
A bottleneck in COVID-19 case investigations in Southern Nevada could soon be eased through a contract with a Henderson call center, a state official said Monday.
HealthCare Partners Nevada, a network of medical providers and clinics in Nevada, officially becomes Intermountain Healthcare this week.
Mosquitoes with the West Nile virus have made their first appearance of the summer in Clark County.
The disorder, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome, has punctured the early belief that COVID-19 poses little risk for children.
The agency warns that some coronavirus antibody tests are inaccurate and said even the better ones should not be used to determine who can safely return to work or school.
A spokeswoman for the nonprofit blood service provider Vitalant said Thursday that there is a one-day supply of blood remaining in the region.
The rate of positives from the Orleans site where anyone can be tested is much lower than the overall state rate of about 8 percent.
An expert says research suggests a combination of heat and humidity slows the spread of COVID-19, but studies have not looked at a dry, hot environment like the Southwest.
The Southern Nevada Health District has tapped swimming pool and restaurant inspectors among others to notify close contacts of those who test positive for COVID-19.
St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus and Southern Hills Hospital are using the blood plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients to give hope to current victims.
Vitalant, a nonprofit community blood provider, will collect plasma from those who have recovered to help people critically ill with the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.
Patient volumes at Southern Nevada hospitals have decreased sharply even as COVID-19 has crested. But hospital officials warn that avoiding the ER could have dire consequences.
The search by leaders in the region for bed space for such patients will not end there as officials anticipate facing a crisis affecting cities across the country: Hospital bed shortages.