Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
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COVID-19 testing sites are located throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Some have moved, closed or changed hours. Here’s an update.
A brief rundown of current restrictions in the city and Clark County for those visiting for the holidays.
Nevada Learning Academy, the district’s central online learning school, has seen enrollment climb more than 68 percent since the school year began this month.
A local nonprofit is holding a fundraiser for the family of Las Vegas police officer Philip Closi, who died of COVID-19 complications earlier this month.
Signature Preparatory has reinforced its illness policy after three students tested positive COVID-19 during the first two weeks of school.
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.
State data shows Hispanics now make up the largest portion of overdue Nevadans for the COVID-19 vaccine. In April it was whites.
“I was that skeptical dude that I thought COVID was a joke,” Sgt. Tom “T.J.” Jenkins says in a video posted online. “… I’m here to tell you it almost took me off this planet.”
The Desert Pines High School students were quarantined last week after a single COVID-19 case on the campus during summer school.
Graduating high school seniors describe the losses and positives of a tumultuous educational year like no other.
The Class of 2021 has an important story to tell. The Review-Journal is giving some of this year’s finest graduates a place to tell it.
The 83-year-old Las Vegas man, who worked for the Clark County School District, was known for his motto: “Today is a great day to be above the ground.”
Under its reopening plan, the district is relying on 340 first aid safety assistants — whose primary role is to provide first aid to students — to staff school sickrooms.
Eligible veterans in Southern Nevada will be able to receive first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a North Las Vegas walk-in clinic beginning Saturday.
The university announced Tuesday it won’t hold an in-person ceremony for its spring graduates and will use a virtual format instead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Class-action lawsuits filed Tuesday accuse auto insurance companies of failing to reduce premiums sufficiently for Nevada policyholders during the pandemic.
While some Clark County educators received their first doses of the vaccine last week, many others met with disappointment during a confusing rollout.
Health reporter Mary Hynes draws on her expertise, sources to answer queries on the COVID-19 vaccine. Submit questions at vaccinequestions@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-0245.
Nevada on Saturday reported 1,501 new coronavirus cases and 53 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.