Las Vegan Emma Burkey hopes to again walk, hold a baby, after rare reaction to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
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An increasing number of sick employees and an continuing rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations have extended a staffing crisis in Southern Nevada hospitals for a second week.
Initially plagued by scarce supply and high demand, the state and local public health drive morphed into a well-oiled machine — but one with abundant doses and too few takers.
New cases and test positivity rate register double-digit percentage gains while 100 more COVID-19 patients are in county hospital beds compared to two weeks ago.
The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
New cases and hospitalizations extend recent declines as positivity rate remains unchanged at 7.0 percent.
U.S. regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.
St. Rose hospitals are the first in Southern Nevada to announce such a requirement.
Nevada on Thursday reported 1,221 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths over the preceding day.
A Las Vegas woman won $50,000 during the sixth “Vax Nevada Days” raffle Thursday in Henderson.
Immunize Nevada and Jardi Jardín Premium Cannabis Dispensary are partnering to launch “Jabs For Joints,” a one day pop-up vaccination site at the dispensary’s storefront on Friday.
Positivity rate also jumps sharply to 9.5 as deaths remain above two-week moving average.
Vaccine will be available at pharmacies, mass inoculation sites and some doctor’s offices following final review of new federal guidelines on the Pfizer shots.
Two local Veterans Administration clinics will give veterans the choice between the one-shot Johnson & Johnson or the Moderna two-dose option.
Some fitness trainers in California were able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after state health officials created a loophole that helped them qualify as health care workers.
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Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
It’s an ordinance some Las Vegas City Council members acknowledged would be nearly impossible to enforce.
Google wants to spend “a significant amount of dollars” to offer internet service that will help students and remote workers, an official said.
As part of the Oakland Athletics’ nonrelocation agreement, the team could play seven home games per season away from Las Vegas and its planned Strip ballpark.
