The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over the Las Vegas Valley today at 1:10 p.m.
Students on campus react to the news of two COVID-19 cases on campus. They believe more cases will pop up, but feel the school is doing everything it can to keep everyone safe.
TITLE: COVID-19 Q&A
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. CDC CHANGES COVID-19 TESTING RECOMMENDATIONS
2. NEW CONTACT TRACING APP, DOES IT CONFLICT WITH CDC NEW GUIDELINES?
3. NEVADA OFFICIALS TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT WHERE COVID-19 SPREADS FASTEST.
TITLE: COVID-19 Q&A
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. CDC CHANGES COVID-19 TESTING RECOMMENDATIONS
2. NEW CONTACT TRACING APP, DOES IT CONFLICT WITH CDC NEW GUIDELINES?
3. NEVADA OFFICIALS TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT WHERE COVID-19 SPREADS FASTEST.
Three Square food bank is experiencing more demand for its services due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of jobs. Volunteers and residents say it’s an unstable time. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. COVID-19 NOW A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN NEVADA, MORE THAN FLU.
2. CURRENT COVID-19 RATES: DEATHS, TESTING, HOSPITALIZATIONS
3. CCSD BACK TO SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING: COVID-19 TRANSMISSION AT HOME
4. CCSD BACK TO SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING: IMMUNIZATIONS, FLU SHOT
Labor unions are launching a campaign to save jobs and win the “Right to Return” for hospitality, convention and trade shows, airport, entertainment and hospital workers throughout Clark County. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Smith Center’s CEO Myron Martin talks about the indefinite closure amid the COVID-19 pandemic, how the community can help during this time and what they hope to accomplish before reopening again in the future. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. WHAT ARE THE DAILY COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS TELLING US ABOUT THE OVERALL TREND IN NEVADA?
2. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COVID-19 AND FLU CONVERGE?
3. COULD FLU SEASON NUMBERS IN CHILDREN FALL DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS?
While a majority of CCSD schools are weeks away from reopening their doors, some private schools across the Las Vegas Valley are back in business. Almost five months after schools statewide shut down due to COVID-19, students returned for in-person class on Monday, with some changes. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nicole Cox, 34, started chalk drawing Disney cartoons at public parks in Las Vegas as a new hobby during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mackenzie Behm/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Southern Nevada Health District is helping to alleviate COVID-19 testing demands buy setting up smaller, pop-up neighborhood testing sites. They are taking the weight off of the larger testing facilities, and providing more community based testing, especially in minority and senior communities hit hardest by the pandemic. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. LOCALIZED TESTING SITES; ALTERNATIVE TO LARGER SITES AND LACK OF APPOINTMENTS.2. LAS VEGAS ICU NURSE SHARES PERSONAL WAR STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC
2. LAS VEGAS ICU NURSE SHARES PERSONAL WAR STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC
A 16-year-old girl died and two other people were injured in a one-vehicle crash on Sands Avenue near Las Vegas Boulevard South on Monday morning, Aug. 3. (Glenn Puitt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Its the largest one-day jump of the outbreak, 1,021 more cases in Southern Nevada were reported on July 14 with 1,100 statewide. Review-Journal assistant city editor Mike Brunker talks about what these numbers mean. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Three mothers discuss their concerns with CCSD’s reopening plan, and how they are adapting to COVID-19 with their children. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Laurie Thomas, controller for the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, discusses the new exhibit, “In the Dark,” in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1.CONTACT TRACING FINDS 1,500 CASES, INDOOR VENUES BIGGEST RISK
2. CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION RATE IN NEVADA IS THE HIGHEST IN THE U.S. ACCORDING TO ‘RT.LIVE’ REPORT
3. YOUNGER NEVADANS DRIVING NEW SURGE OF COVID-19 CASES
The Mahogany Fire near Mount Charleston is now estimated to be about 2,700 acres with about 10 percent of the blaze contained, a fire official said.
“We have roughly 240 personnel assigned to the fire with more arriving throughout the day,” said Brandon Hampton, a fire information officer for Great Basin Team 7.
Ray Johnson of the U.S. Forest Service said firefighters were using “crop duster size” aircraft to attack the Mahogany Fire, which remained at 5,000 acres in size with 0 percent containment.“Right now we have air attack over the fire,” Johnson said.Johnson said larger aircraft were en route to help fight the fire. Simultaneously he said firefighters were fighting a much smaller fire in Wallace Canyon and they were investigating a report from the Nye County Sheriff’s Office that a smaller fire had started in either “Carpenter Canyon or Trout Canyon.”Johnson reiterates that the Mahogany Fire is believed to have been started by human activity but investigators still were working to confirm thisThe fire in Wallace was likely caused by lightning, he said.Regarding the Mahogany Fire Johnson said “it will not be contained today and it may not be contained for a few days.”
Ray Johnson with the U.S. Forest Service of the U.S. Forest Service gives an update on the Mahogany Fire
The Mahogany fire started around 240pm Sunday and spread to about 5,000 acres. This morning, people on the ground are saying it may have spread to 10,000 acres overnight due to winds. Jennifer Sparks, spokeswoman for the Red Cross, said As of this morning no evacuees had used the agency’s services but anyone in need of shelter or resources was encouraged to stop by James Bilbray Elementary School in northwest Las Vegas.
Politics and Government Editor Steve Sebelius talks about reactions after Gov. Steve Sisolak enacts a face mask mandate that begins at midnight Friday.
The Texas Station site is operating in addition to the drive-thru testing site in the UNLV Tropicana parking garage next to the Thomas & Mack Center. Both sites are operated by Clark County and University Medical Center in partnership with the Nevada National Guard. (Renee Summerour and Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
COVID-19 Weekly discussion with Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. CLARK COUNTY SEES LARGEST SINGLE-DAY COVID-19 SPIKE, HOSPITAL RATES ALSO INCREASED.
2. WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE COVID-19 SPIKE?
NO MAKS? RECENT PROTESTS? PHASE 2 REOPENING?
3. ANTIBODY TESTING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THEM?
What local gyms are doing to practice social distancing and new cleaning measures to ensure the safety of their staff and customers. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A look at some of the interesting reminders of a mob life in the home of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, featured on the fifth episode of the Mobbed Up podcast. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Renee Summerour and Mike Akers talk about what to expect when you make your next trip to the DMV and alternatives to standing in line.
Lance Smith, a multidisciplinary artist, talks about how black artists should be acknowledged for their work and not tokenized or only have their work connected to trauma. “Blackness, we are not a monolith, we deserve to live and create in a world that respects us as we are.” (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)