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.
Extra monthly benefits for low-income households to buy food during the pandemic will end for Nevadans early next month.
The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of extra shots.
This is a updating list of entertainment venues, events and conventions requiring proof of vaccination or negative COVID test for admission in the Las Vegas area:
Maybe the delta variant of COVID-19 that is causing a sharp rise in cases in nearly every state is getting more Nevada residents to get the shot.
Vaccinations, entertainment and some expensive prizes were offered at #VivaVaxVegas, a Strip-side vaccination clinic at Park MGM.
A Las Vegas attorney said she was one of at least five people with a Friday afternoon COVID-19 vaccination appointment at Cashman Center who arrived to find a shuttered facility.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will reimburse funeral expenses for families who have buried COVID-19 victims since Jan 20, 2020.
Two local Veterans Administration clinics will give veterans the choice between the one-shot Johnson & Johnson or the Moderna two-dose option.
Many seniors, including nearly 15,000 in Nevada, are rejecting getting a COVID-19 vaccination because of their perception of the cost.
Nevadans can go to select CVS pharmacies to get their COVID-19 vaccination.
Shots at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center, 6900 North Pecos Road, are available by appointment or on a walk-in basis.
Additional first dose appointments have also been opened at Cashman Center through Saturday, the Southern Nevada Health District said in a news release.
Walmart and the Immigrant Home Foundation are partnering in the effort to get COVID-19 vaccine to some of the most vulnerable residents in the Las Vegas Valley.
County health officials said Friday that first-dose appointments will not be available next week at the health district or its partner clinics.
If it is held, the arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada would likely have limited attendance and require COVID-19 mitigation measures