COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
The Clark County School District updated its “COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance” Dec. 30 in alignment with the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Hospitals in California and around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.
Clark County on Monday added nearly 8,000 new COVID-19 cases during the preceding two days as the omicron variant continued to rampage, pushing the county’s case total past 400,000.