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.
Despite Nevada’s mask requirement being lifted, some CCSD students said they would continue wearing masks at school because of crowded conditions.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has rescinded a mandate requiring new Metropolitan Police Department hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Department of Corrections did not say how many cases have been detected in state corrections facilities or whether the increase involves inmates, staff or both
The Southern Nevada Health District on Friday said it is reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic.
Monday’s scratches came after hundreds of flights were canceled across the nation over the holiday weekend, with the no-goes attributed to both weather and COVID-19.
The Southern Nevada Health District on Thursday reported 515 new COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths in Clark County during the preceding day.
A Las Vegas man has been arrested in connection with allegations that he manufactured and sold a bogus and potentially dangerous COVID-19 treatment.
Maurice Reginald “Reggie” Shepperson, 36, spent more than a month at Henderson Hospital before his death Tuesday morning.
Las Vegas Valley residents, visitors and business owners woke up to a new face mask requiremen Friday, and most appeared to be abiding by the edict.
A year after his death, family and friends will hold a public memorial Saturday for Lt. Erik Lloyd, a longtime officer and president of the Injured Police Officers Fund.
“I was that skeptical dude that I thought COVID was a joke,” Sgt. Tom “T.J.” Jenkins says in a video posted online. “… I’m here to tell you it almost took me off this planet.”
Some are who we think of as first responders — health-care workers, police officers and firefighters — but others were unexpectedly thrust into the coronavirus’ crosshairs.
Retired Las Vegas police Detective Michael Karstedt, who spent nearly 50 years of his life pursuing justice in the valley, died this month from complications of COVID-19.
Nevada state officials on Friday reported 2,315 new coronavirus cases and 21 additional deaths.
The numbers posted by the state Department of Health and Human Services brought the totals to 215,653 cases and 2,944 deaths.