Coinciding flu and COVID-19 surges could overwhelm hospital emergency rooms in the Las Vegas Valley and elsewhere, health officials say.
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The new cases in Nevada bring the state total to five and come as omicron becomes the dominant coronavirus strain nationwide.
The coronavirus variant’s mutations pose great concern, but their impact on the severity of disease is not yet known.
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 Southern Nevada Health District announced Tuesday that booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson Johnson vaccine, in addition to the Pfizer vaccine, are available at its clinics for those who are eligible.
Lab director Mark Pandori, who worked briefly at the Silicon Valley startup, is a possible witness in the criminal fraud trial of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes.
Hospitals in rural Nevada still face shortages of beds, staff and supplies as they bear the brunt of the delta surge that has waned elsewhere in the state, officials said Thursday.
As the delta wave of COVID-19 recedes, optimism has crept into the public discussion: Could the worst be behind us? Experts say it could be, but many unknowns remain.
A Mineral County man first infected with the delta variant tests positive 22 days for a new substrain of the virus known as AY.26.
Gov. Steve Sisolak made the comment on Thursday at a news conference to praise FEMA “surge teams” for increasing the state’s COVID-19 vaccination rates as the mission draws to a close.