Julia Kidd, a nurse at UMC, sought an exemption from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate based on her pagan beliefs. Her request was denied and she was suspended.
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By Mary Hynes / RJ
and Dillon Bergin
Documenting COVID-19 project
There have been more than 500 vaccine breakthrough infections of COVID-19 in fully vaccinated casino workers in Clark County, a number similar to that of health care workers.
Clark County unveiled the “Back to Life” campaign on Monday, encouraging Black residents to get immunized when eligible.
About one-third of Las Vegas Fire Rescue Department’s firefighters, engineers and paramedics, had received the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday.
The health district announced it received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine, the second drug to win emergency authorization from the federal government.