A collaborative effort in Nevada to use wastewater as an early warning system for diseases appears to be the nation’s first to detect the COVID strain known as FLiRT.
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COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
Everyone 6 months of age and older should get at least one dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
The latest variant of COVID-19, BA.2.86, was not found in Southern Nevada as of last week, according to wastewater data.
Figures show hospital admissions for the coronavirus climbing both statewide and in Clark County.
Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Southern Nevada Health District will continue to provide free vaccine and testing, though not as widely.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Cases and hospitalizations, already at low levels, continue to trend downward.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain low in Clark County and statewide.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
State officials released the latest figures for coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and across Nevada
Cases and hospitalizations statewide and in Clark County remain at some of the lowest levels of the pandemic.
Hospitalizations from COVID-19, flu and RSV continued to decline in the Silver State, according to health officials.
Nevada and three others states are the only ones in which all counties are experencing low levels of the virus.
Under the proposal from the Food and Drug Administration, Americans would no longer need to keep track of how many shots they have received.
The Elko County Board of Health on Wednesday decided not to ban COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
The Elko County Board of Health is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss and consider placing a moratorium on COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
The Nevada lab director doesn’t predict a large wave of cases from the variant — but not because the strain named after a mythical sea creature is a “pussycat.”
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., announced on Twitter she tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon. She is experiencing mild symptoms.