Medical students in Southern Nevada have taken on the work of screening potential cases of COVID-19 at the Cashman Field temporary homeless shelter in order to free up doctors and nurses to work with patients.
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Providers continue to work to serve parents who work in essential businesses; Nevada officials work to open more spots for children.
The search by leaders in the region for bed space for such patients will not end there as officials anticipate facing a crisis affecting cities across the country: Hospital bed shortages.
Nevada officials have stated they need more COVID-19 test kits. Four times they have asked federal officials for help only to be told there is a “indefinite backlog.”
The coronavirus self-quarantine has led many people to seek the company of a pet, according to the Animal Foundation.
Open Arms Communty Church on Sahara Avenue expects to welcome up to 50 worshippers on April 12, despite virus outbreak.
UNLV Medicine is offering curbside coronavirus tests — a nasal swab test — by appointment.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Community Ambulance host blood drives for the American Red Cross.
Hospitals asked, residents delivered. Masks are being made and donated to hospitals throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area announced more closures to park operations on Sunday in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Virtual Sunday services, Bible studies and other programs will fill in while houses of worship are closed.
Owners, doggy day cares keep pets — and their people — happy, healthy during coronavirus outbreak.
A Las Vegas elementary school informed parents Wednesday that a member of the “school family” has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
More than 100 airline flights were canceled Thursday at McCarran International Airport amid a shutdown triggered when an air traffic controller tested positive for COVID-19.
The air traffic control tower in Las Vegas was shut down after an air traffic controller potentially tested positive for COVID-19. It apparently was being cleaned overnight.