The number of employees at the Southern Nevada Health District grew by almost two-thirds during the COVID-19 pandemic, records show.
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Mary Hynes returned to the Review-Journal in August 2019 as the newspaper’s health reporter after working in public affairs and communications for MGM Resorts International. She previously worked as an editor and a reporter at the RJ. The University of Colorado graduate also worked as a reporter at newspapers in Colorado. She is a native of Oregon.
The agency in charge of public transportation and road projects has a lot of employees making $100,000 or more a year, including managers and technicians.
Both COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain low in Clark County and statewide.
Two women died this month from complications from influenza, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
With the rate of new cases declining, there are signs that the virus may be getting under control.
A case of polio in New York City, and the discovery of the virus in wastewater there, have prompted Southern Nevada to prepare to look for the virus in the community’s wastewater.
With help from a Henderson military family, an Afghan evacuee seeks safe passage for his wife and parents trapped in Afghanistan.
The coronavirus variant’s mutations pose great concern, but their impact on the severity of disease is not yet known.
Details on just who is covered by the latest recommendation from the federal government remain sparse after the agency approved extra shots for occupational groups.
Gary and Judy Robinson say they have experienced first-hand the benefits of Aduhelm, approved by the FDA Administration in June, through Judy’s participation in clinical trials.
Some Sun City Summerlin residents are fed up with all the to-do surrounding masks, and they’re ready to wrangle.
Nevada is fighting coronavirus variants through genetic sequencing, using the data for contact tracing to slow their spread and, soon, to aid the development of new vaccines.
Late-stage trials of a COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be far enough along by November for biotech company Moderna to seek federal approval for the vaccine’s emergency use.
Universal Health Services, which operates six hospitals in the Las Vegas Valley, said Tuesday that its computer networks remained shut down after a cyberattack.
The Las Vegas facility is taking part in a final phase trial for a vaccine and testing other drugs to prevent and treat the disease caused by the coronavirus.
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