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COVID-19 booster shot campaign launches

The Southern Nevada Health District awaits guidance from the state on whether young, healthy casino workers and those in other occupations are eligible.

 
More-contagious delta variant expanding in Nevada

The latest coronavirus mutant federally classified as a “variant of concern” now accounts for 10 percent of new U.S. cases and possibly twice that rate in Nevada, health officials say.

 
Nevada wages war on coronavirus mutants

Nevada is fighting coronavirus variants through genetic sequencing, using the data for contact tracing to slow their spread and, soon, to aid the development of new vaccines.