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.
Nine months after the pandemic’s start, McCarran International Airport’s passenger traffic has started to inch higher but remains a fraction of what it was in prior years.
Despite recommendations from officials not to travel over the holidays, Americans have been setting pandemic passenger highs at airports across the nation.
One Las Vegas family’s plan for tropical getaway to Hawaii turned into a quarantine disaster after issues with an at-home COVID-19 testing service.
As of Wednesday the TSA reported 101 confirmed cases of coronavirus among TSA employees at McCarran since the pandemic began, marking a 55 percent increase since Nov. 19, when 65 cases were noted by TSA data.
Hawaiian Airlines is offering drive-through or walk-up COVID-19 testing at select cities to allow travelers to skip a mandatory quarantine upon their arrival in the islands.
Thanksgiving will likely see significantly fewer travelers years amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a recommendation from the CDC for Americans to stay home.
After being removed from many state’s travel ban after the initial coronavirus impacts, the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Nevada has put the Silver State back on those lists.
California, Oregon and Washington all issued travel advisories Friday aimed at reducing the possible spread of COVID-19 as cases across the nation are skyrocketing.
Despite signs all over McCarran and regular announcements over loudspeakers, a handful of travelers were walking around the baggage claim area without a face covering Wednesday.
The Southern Nevada Health District is recommending that gatherings of more than 1,000 people not be approved for the time being.
For the first time since the effects of the pandemic began to be felt in Southern Nevada, traffic volume on some portions of the region’s freeways has increased over 2019.
Motional in partnership with Lyft is bringing back the rides in autonomous BMW 5 series vehicles after halting the service amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southwest Airlines will unblock middle seats on flights beginning Dec. 1, the airline announced Thursday.
A Texas woman on a flight out of Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport in July died from COVID-19-related causes, officials said.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is set to take less of an impact than its competitors, according to Chief Financial Officer Greg Anderson.