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.
The state’s medical schools are seeing growing interest — as measured by applications for admission — during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Five of the state’s seven degree-granting schools saw a decline in students for the fall semester, which wrapped up this month. The exceptions: UNLV and Nevada State College.
Despite rising COVID-19 case rates, the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority will continue allowing some in-person classes in counties with elevated virus transmission.
Tania Webb’s advanced theater students in Las Vegas created a 36-minute children’s puppet theater show using common household items.
Nevada State Public Charter School Authority Executive Director Rebecca Feiden said she doesn’t anticipate recommending changes to in-person learning guidance.
Presentations by college and university presidents at Friday’s Board of Regents meeting indicate no rush to return to in-person learning.
The closures, a result of directives by Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Nevada System of Higher Education, will begin this week.
During a 10-hour meeting, the school board this week decided to switch to full-time distance learning for middle and high schools Dec. 2.
The university announced Tuesday it is suspending in-person events and lowering occupancy rates to 25 percent in a few campus buildings.
Superintendent Kristen McNeill is recommending fully distance learning beginning Dec. 7, with an anticipated return to in-person and hybrid models Jan. 19.
Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Melody Rose gave a presentation Thursday to the state’s COVID-19 Mitigation and Management Task Force.
The public charter school transitioned back to 100 percent distance learning for at least 10 days due to “a handful” of COVID-19 cases on campus.
The community college also is switching in-person classes to a remote format and canceling or postponing all events this month.
The Clark County School District announced this week it launched a new online coronavirus case tracker that includes data since mid-March.
Many schools nationwide are relaxing at least some application requirements for the fall 2021 semester — most commonly, by not requiring scores from SAT and ACT college entrance exams.