Two local Veterans Administration clinics will give veterans the choice between the one-shot Johnson & Johnson or the Moderna two-dose option.
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Shots at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center, 6900 North Pecos Road, are available by appointment or on a walk-in basis.
Just shy of a year after he became “Patient Zero” in Nevada’s COVID-19 outbreak, Ronald Pipkins is still battling the lingering effects of the coronavirus.
Older military veterans are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the Veterans Affairs hospital in North Las Vegas, with a few restrictions.
The move will make it much easier for thousands of military retirees, dependents and widows to access the no-cost medication to which they are entitled.
Officials said Monday that the base has not been able to sustain the milestones necessary to move to Phase Four for at least two weeks.
The base will enter the third phase of its reopening on Monday, allowing all personnel to return to work on base, officials said in a news release.
The VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas is one of fewer than 20 VA sites around the nation chosen to work out best practices for reintroducing in-person health care services.
The Nellis pharmacy was placed off-limits for retirees on April 10, preventing many local retirees and widows from accessing the no-cost medication to which they are entitled.
Tributes to fallen U.S. armed service members in the Las Vegas Valley on Memorial Day weekend will be different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
When he awoke at the VA hospital in North Las Vegas, Ronald Pipkins was stunned to learn that he was the first presumptive positive case in the state of Nevada.
The VA medical center also will halt participation in all public outreach events until April 30, though medical appointments and all VA operations continue as normal.
The health care workers are under home quarantine after exposure to a patient there who tested positive for the new coronavirus, a hospital spokesman confirmed late Monday.
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The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.
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Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
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