Health care workers from Service Employees International Union gather Wednesday at Southern Hills Hospital to protest unsafe working conditions.
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Doctors still are providing routine care against a backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis.
Plasma from the blood of people who have recovered from COVID-19 is now being used to treat patients in the Las Vegas Valley with active infections.
University Medical Center in Las Vegas has spent more than $25 million on protective gear and other equipment to fight coronavirus so far this year.
University Medical Center recently began prescribing hydroxychloroquine to high-risk emergency room patients who test positive for COVID-19 but do not require immediate hospitalization.
Las Vegas paramedics dealing with a shortage of personal protective equipment — their only barrier to exposure — share their experiences, anxiety.
“It’s respiratory arrest in its true form: a sudden type of hypoxia and worsening that requires emergent intubation,” one doctor said of a pattern of rapid decline in COVID-19 patients. Such was the case with a Las Vegas radio host.
UNLV Medicine could run out of coronavirus test kits after Tuesday due to a national shortage. It has been offering curbside testing since March 24.
Pregnancy is typically full of excitement, but many expectant mothers in Las Vegas say the COVID-19 pandemic has stripped them of that emotion and replaced it with fear.
Patterns and instructions for do-it-yourself face masks are all over the Internet, and making your own is a practical solution to the nationwide shortage.
Corey Huh was turned away three times by hospital staff when he attempted to visit his wife, Adriana, because of hospital policies brought on by coronavirus.