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.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing even as business leaders told him they need more coronavirus testing and personal protective equipment before people can safely go back to work.
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is adding a new phone line to help speed up its unemployment insurance claims process.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called sweeping nonessential business closures “total insanity” with no end in sight, and she once more pushed to open the state.
Holocaust survivor Henry Kronberg celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday even though a big party had to be canceled because of the coronavirus.
Henderson police officers made a boy’s birthday extra special on Tuesday by doing a drive-by birthday salute to the child.
