Shelves at grocery stores in the Las Vegas Valley and across the country are looking emptier than usual as the latest wave of COVID-19 creates problems for major retailers.
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Nurses at MountainView Hospital said Thursday that on any given day, more than a third of their staff is out sick with COVID-19.
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.
With a high volume of new cases, the Southern Nevada Health District prioritizes those involving school-age children.
This is a updating list of entertainment venues, events and conventions requiring proof of vaccination or negative COVID test for admission in the Las Vegas area:
Documents show the health insurance trust that covers Clark County teachers was $43 million in debt as of February — the first indication of the scope of the deficit.
New federal guidance that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask in most indoor and outdoor settings is now effective in Nevada. Yet businesses in the state may still require masks for customers and employees, if they so choose.
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In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has committed to paying upward of a total of $1 million in cash bonuses if 80 percent of its workforce receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1.
The requirement to wear a mask while in public will remain in place, however, the governor said.
Nevada has called a temporary halt to the use of the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine on Tuesday, heeding the recommendation of federal regulators.
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
Some are who we think of as first responders — health-care workers, police officers and firefighters — but others were unexpectedly thrust into the coronavirus’ crosshairs.
Some of the casinos are holding out for looser operating restrictions, or more foot traffic. Others have shuttered their doors permanently.
The COVID-19 pandemic marks the second time in a decade that Southern Nevada was among the hardest hit by a global economic crisis, though its recovery could be shorter this time.
Crowds flooded the Strip on Saturday, just two days before casino capacity restrictions increase to 50 percent from 35 percent on Monday.
An unknown number of skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities that didn’t qualify under the federally run program have been left to fend for themselves.
A tour of the Cashman Center reveals complexities of ensuring proper handling of the vaccine so that it will be effective when injected into people’s arms.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought cumulative totals for Nevada to 253,985 cases and 3,596 deaths.
The Southern Nevada Health District and other agencies in Clark County launch COVID-19 vaccinations for older residents.