Doctors, nurses, patients and others gathered for a nondenominational prayer service Thursday to boost the morale of frontline health care workers.
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Nevada’s key coronavirus metrics remained at high levels on Tuesday, with 1,002 COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths reported, but the state’s test positivity rate registered its third straight decline.
The topless bar is limited to adults 21 and up, but other outreach locations this week will accept Nevada residents 12 and older to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Experts say COVID-19 deaths can lead to “complicated grief,” or feelings of loss that are debilitating and don’t improve after the passage of time.
Demand remains high for vaccine in Clark County and is expected to increase as eligibility expands, public health officials say, suggesting “overwhelming” crowds may lie ahead.
A new medical center planned for McCarran International Airport is slated to begin seeing patients this summer.
Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.
Appointments at Southern Nevada Health District sites on Thursday through Saturday and University Medical Center on Thursday and Friday will be rescheduled for next week.
One week from the start of the Clark County School District’s distance learning, Nevada’s six largest gaming companies haven’t made clear what support they’ll give to working parents.
The Nevada Department of Public Safety has purchased 3,700 10-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer that inmates in a Carson City prison have made amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Clark County School District was unable to reach nearly a third of its 325,000 students during the second week of distance learning and counted attempts as a contact.
While Clark County school closures due to COVID-19 meant the end to live school performances, students from at three Las Vegas schools are determined the show will go on.
As the economic impacts of dealing with the coronavirus spread, Nevada Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto are working to ensure the gaming industry is included in any relief bill.
Nellis officials announced Monday on Facebook that only Air Force personnel would have access to the Air Force base commissary. By Tuesday morning the posts had been deleted.
A coalition of local advocacy organizations is also calling for a statewide moratorium on evictions and sweeps on the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak.