Despite surveys showing skeptism about vaccine, staff members at VA hospital in North Las Vegas said they are getting the shot to serve as an example, to avoid further loss.
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Many hospitals plan to give their first shots to front-line health care workers on Wednesday.
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Celebrate Thanksgiving with just your household, or at least take these precautions recommended by the Southern Nevada Health District.
Federal testing czar Brett Giroir called out the state for not distributing the Abbott BinaxNOW tests sent to them.
Nevada’s Battle Born Medical Corp seeks volunteers to vaccinate residents against COVID-19. The state’s nurses are answering the call.
Cases have been trending up since mid-September. Deaths, a disease indicator that lags a month or more behind cases, have been trending down since August.
State health officials said people “get a level of comfort around friends or co-workers” that promotes the spread of disease. Nevada reported 582 new cases of COVID-19.
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Just one case of COVID-19 has been connected to political rallies held this month in Nevada, state officials said Monday.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday praised Southern Nevada for progress it has made against COVID-19, while stressing the community will need to remain vigilant to reopen safely and return to greater normalcy.
Vaccination rates for children are ticking up after plummeting in the spring, when lockdowns and fear of COVID-19 had parents skipping visits to the pediatrician.
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 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.
A bottleneck in COVID-19 case investigations in Southern Nevada could soon be eased through a contract with a Henderson call center, a state official said Monday.
By activating their surge plans, hospitals can increase capacity 20 percent or more beyond their numbers of licensed beds. But space is only one piece of the puzzle.
The demand for testing in Nevada has grown as coronavirus cases have surged across the country, especially in the Southwest.
The FDA said hydroxychloroquine and its precursor, chloroquine, “showed no benefit for decreasing the likelihood of death or speeding recovery.”
Should everyone be wearing a mask in public to curb the spread of the coronavirus? Turns out neither the science nor the guidance on masks is not clear-cut.
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