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.
“We are in control mode now,” a Southern Nevada Health District official said.
Guard personnel administered hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests and vaccinations.
The Southern Nevada Health District awaits guidance from the state on whether young, healthy casino workers and those in other occupations are eligible.
Nevada’s public health lab has identified the strain in the Silver State, where it currently represents about a quarter of positive cases that are genetically sequenced.
Once the user downloads the COVID Trace app, it detects other nearby phones with the app, then provides notification if another user who came into close proximity tests positive for COVID-19.
St. Rose Dominican Hospitals and blood provider Vitalant are calling on recovered COVID-19 patients to donate their plasma starting Tuesday.
The Silver State is one of nine states with the greatest likelihood of a larger number of deaths in the weeks ahead, according to new forecasting by universities and the CDC.
The FDA said hydroxychloroquine and its precursor, chloroquine, “showed no benefit for decreasing the likelihood of death or speeding recovery.”
Preliminary numbers from the Clark County coroner’s office show suicides declined in March and April, despite all the pain inflicted on the community by the new coronavirus.
A manufacturer of dietary supplements is providing free antibody testing to its entire U.S. workforce, including 90 employees at its Henderson plant.
Two more people in Clark County have died of COVID-19, bringing the overall total in the county and in the state to six.