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.
U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du rejected a request for a preliminary injunction sought by a conservative group that alleged conducting the June 9 primary election by mail could lead to voter fraud.
Cadets have been home since spring break in March, with their return to school delayed because of the outbreak.
At UNLV, the measure will particularly help students who were taking only online classes by ensuring they receive their full housing benefit.
The Republican-led Michigan House refused Thursday to extend the state’s coronavirus emergency declaration.
Gov. Steve Sisolak unveiled “Nevada United: Roadmap to Recovery,” the state’s plan to reopen the economy during a news conference Thursday.
U.S. intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory, saying they have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not manmade or genetically modified.”
Another 88 cases of COVID-19 and six new fatalities were reported in Clark County over the past 24 hours, pushing the county death toll from the disease to 202.
“We will get blips … there’s no doubt,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBC’s “Today” show. “When you pull back there will be cases, and what we need to do is make sure (states) have in place the capability of identifying, isolating and contact tracing individuals.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed Friday after tens of thousands of people flocked to the seashore last weekend during a heat wave despite his stay-at-home order, according to a memo sent Wednesday evening to police chiefs around the state.
Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials said.
The Nevada Sentencing Commission on Wednesday twice rejected recommending that Gov. Steve Sisolak move to depopulate the state’s prisons in an effort to stave off the coronavirus’ spread.
The first pieces of the state’s plan to vastly expand testing for the disease caused by the new coronavirus are expected as soon as Friday.
The Clark County Fire Department said it is reducing up to a dozen firefighting units because the statewide shutdown has cut back calls for service by 34 percent.
State and local officials have decided the June 9 primary election will be conducted almost entirely by mail rather than in-person voting.
Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox, the author of a comprehensive plan to open Las Vegas, met with President Donald Trump Wednesday as a participant in a business roundtable.
