Many hospitals plan to give their first shots to front-line health care workers on Wednesday.
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With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Nevada on Monday, officials are making final preparations to distribute doses to health care workers.
Celebrate Thanksgiving with just your household, or at least take these precautions recommended by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Then you’re in luck. Drive-thru, throat-swab testing administered by medical personnel is now being offered at Texas Station.
The Southern Nevada Health District is recommending that gatherings of more than 1,000 people not be approved for the time being.
Nevada’s Battle Born Medical Corp seeks volunteers to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. The state’s nurses are answering the call.
Cases have been trending up since mid-September. Deaths, a disease indicator that lags a month or more behind cases, have been trending down since August.
State health officials said people “get a level of comfort around friends or co-workers” that promotes the spread of disease. Nevada reported 582 new cases of COVID-19.
Health agencies say disease investigation reports have “limited, if any value” to the public. Outside experts question the decision.
Las Vegas-area participants in clinical trials for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine have received their shots. Now it’s time for one or more to get sick.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday praised Southern Nevada for progress it has made against COVID-19, while stressing the community will need to remain vigilant to reopen safely and return to greater normalcy.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thursday that Nevada is “moving in the right direction” in its battle to stem the spread of COVID-19, but cautioned that “we have a long way to go” before restrictions can be lifted.
Andrew Pascal set out to build an app to aid in contact tracing in the state. He ended up bankrolling a privacy-centered solution to help all the state’s residents.
Once the user downloads the COVID Trace app, it detects other nearby phones with the app, then provides notification if another user who came into close proximity tests positive for COVID-19.
While other states have identified COVID clusters, Nevada health officials have yet to name specific spreading events or clusters beyond nursing homes and other state-licensed facilities. This includes casinos.
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