Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
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Southern Nevada graduating medical students celebrated their matches with residency programs Friday. But Nevada medical school deans fear a “brain drain.”
As pandemic emergency provisions wind down, thousands of Nevadans could lose their no-cost insurance coverage.
COVID-19 cases in Clark County and statewide continue to trend downward after a Thanksgiving spike.
Higher cases numbers are concerning, though a facility where a case of Candida auris is identified may not be where the patient acquired the germ.
Teams of federal and state health officials had visited five hospitals and skilled nursing facilities as of Wednesday morning.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services said there have been 14 deaths among patients this year.
New omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1, believed to be better at evading immunity from natural infection and vaccination, is on the rise in Clark County, a health official said.
The smoke-free and tobacco-free campus policy will apply to all university buildings.
Just as the omicron wave of COVID-19 cases showed signs of receding, the state’s first case of a worrisome new variant known as BA.2 was spotted in Southern Nevada.
It is not unusual for patients recovering from certain viruses, such as West Nile virus or even the flu, to have ongoing complications. But long COVID is more prevalent, more severe and longer lasting.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked health care providers to be on alert for cases of measles and other infectious diseases in evacuees from Afghanistan.
“She tried so hard to have that baby, and she never even knew it was born. Never got to hold her,” Vena Foster said about her sister, Kimmie Pavone, who was 35.
The Las Vegas hospital will treat those with ongoing COVID-19 related symptoms, including heart and lung complications, pain, cognitive impairment, anxiety and other issues.
Many U.S. authorities say the potency of COVID-19 vaccines hasn’t waned, but they make a case for booster shots in some individuals.