Desert Radiology has abruptly notified UMC that it is terminating their 57-year working relationship later this year.
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The City Council is scheduled Wednesday to consider talks for a possible mixed-use medical campus at the 50-acre property.
The Southern Nevada Health District strongly recommends that people wear masks in public indoor places and stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Clark County on Thursday reported 581 new coronavirus cases and five deaths over the preceding day, but statewide reporting and other metrics were not available.
The virus, which is transmitted by the insects, can, in some cases, cause serious illness and even death.
The 46 new coronavirus deaths reported Tuesday by the state Department of Health and Human Services was the highest since the state logged 55 deaths on Feb. 11.
Nevada on Tuesday reported a coronavirus test positivity rate of 3.8 percent, its lowest in nearly a year.
With the county’s two mass vaccination clinics scheduled to close next month, health officials are looking for ways to get more newly eligible adolescents inoculated.
The Southern Nevada Health District has identified the first known case of the B.1.617.2 strain in Clark County, the agency said in a news release.
The woman, who has “not recovered” according to federal health officials, is one of six under investigation nationwide in connection with Johnson Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The Las Vegas hospital and medical center will appeal the findings of the federal audit, triggering a process that could take “several years,” CEO Todd Sklamberg said.
Many of those who are not yet eligible to receive doses under state rules are using a “Vaccine Hunters” Facebook group to cut in line.
The first day of school is always fraught with emotion, but Monday’s return to the classroom is expected to bringing an added dimension to the usual anxieties, experts say.
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.
Vaccination sites at Cashman Center and Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas began accepting some walk-ins 65 and up on Thursday to receive a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.