While one Afghan family aided by a Las Vegas military family reunites, many Afghans remain in peril.
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Time was running out for the young Afghan woman who had a coveted chance at a U.S. visa after her husband was evacuated from Kabul.
Jullie Hoggan, 49, has largely lived in isolation and apart from her family since a kidney transplant last year left her with a suppressed immune system.
The health district’s chief health officer says about 50 percent of eligible Clark County residents 16 and older has received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Clark County has set a threshold of 60 percent before fully reopening.
Between 4,500 and 5,000 appointments were booked for Tuesday at a mass vaccination site in downtown Las Vegas, less than its 7,000 capacity.
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Clark County will expand Tuesday to all groups within frontline community support and frontline supply chain and logistics categories.
State and local officials promise more tools to help Clark County residents book second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
For some Nevadans who can’t stand in long lines, the answer could be clinic ride services.
Cashman Center in Las Vegas will open Friday to those who were able to make appointments on the Southern Nevada Health District’s website before it crashed.
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.
Preliminary numbers from the Clark County coroner’s office show suicides declined in March and April, despite all the pain inflicted on the community by the new coronavirus.
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.
Officials and staff members from the Southern Nevada Health District will conduct a video briefing to provide updates about the agency’s COVID-19 response in Clark County.
A manufacturer of dietary supplements is providing free antibody testing to its entire U.S. workforce, including 90 employees at its Henderson plant.
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.
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As a dome of high pressure builds over the entire West, Thursday is projected to be the hottest day in the valley.
A man who was sent to Nevada’s death row nearly eight years ago for the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl inside her Las Vegas home has died.
A proposed change to county code could make it easier for liquor stores to open nearer to schools and churches.
Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.