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.
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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 daughter of Angelica Rodriguez, a 62-year-old great-grandmother and medical worker, is raising money to offset the cost of Rodriguez’s lengthy hospitalization due to COVID-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought changes to the industry, whose mission is to be present for families in their time of need.
There may never have been another point — at least in our lifetimes — when the work, sacrifices and impact of nurses, and other health care workers, were more obvious to so many people.
Clark County and University Medical Center on Tuesday will launch drive-thru coronavirus testing by appointment only inside a parking garage at The Orleans, an operation that leaders say will soon be duplicated throughout the county.
“Fifty-three years he was beside me, and all of a sudden he’s gone,” Antonio Zantua’s wife, Norma Zantua, said. “It’s scary to face life alone, but you know, I have to be strong and open-minded to face the future.”