Heat-related fatalities have jumped since 2010, increasing more than fivefold. Many were homeless, Clark County data showed and meth use contributed to deaths in 2021.
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Lower-income and minority communities are once again experiencing some of Southern Nevada’s fastest spread of COVID-19, data shows.
Southern Nevada health officials started a new process to identify when fully vaccinated people get COVID-19. It changed the way data was reported.
Nevada recorded more than 5,000 excess deaths after COVID-19 struck, according to a 50-state national study.
COVID-19 vaccine allocations have been based on an aggregation of how many adults lived in each state from 2014 through 2018, not the most recent population data.
Records show the losses are often due to the challenges of administering the highly-sensitive COVID-19 vaccine within a rigid timeframe before it spoils.
Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.
Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
Questions have dogged state officials since data showed Nevada consistently ranking near the bottom of lists for both obtaining vaccine doses and putting shots in arms.
Anxious Nevada residents eager for the potentially life-saving vaccine are frustrated after attempts to make appointments amid inconsistent communication from coordinating agencies.
Hospital workers in Clark County say the COVID-19 surge is pushing them to their limits, despite the Nevada Hospital Association’s assurances that hospitals can take more patients.
Controversy has swirled around the question all year. Lacking a national coronavirus death definition, state officials created their own.
The state’s coronavirus data dashboard now focuses on 14-day moving averages to better assess trends over time and the impact on communities.
Johns Hopkins University published an alarming COVID-19 positivity rate that puts Nevada well above the national average. It’s also incorrect, state officials say.
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The fire that started at 12:30 a.m. Sunday damaged or destroyed approximately 15 boats and caused minor injuries at the harbor, according to the National Park Service.
“Dangerously hot conditions,” are forecast by the National Weather Service for Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening.
A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.