Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
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State officials released the latest figures for coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and across Nevada
“I have no trouble testifying — we can defend and explain everything that we’ve said,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters during a White House briefing last year.
Nevada and three others states are the only ones in which all counties are experencing low levels of the virus.
The Elko County Board of Health on Wednesday decided not to ban COVID-19 and flu vaccines in the county.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., announced on Twitter she tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon. She is experiencing mild symptoms.
Clark County is phasing out of a rental-assistance program instituted during the COVID-19 emergency, but says it has other programs ready to take over.
The U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy have announced testing requirements for passengers from China.
But that doesn’t mean that older people who get the virus are more likely to die than they were earlier in the pandemic, one expert says.
With COVID-19 at medium levels in Clark County, the health district recommends indoor mask use for those 65 and older or with underlying health conditions.
Cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and statewide plateau this week after increasing the prior week for the first time in three months.
The Centers for Disease Control recommended the shots that target the newest omicron strains of COVID-19, including one for people 12 and older.
Individuals can make appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations, routine immunizations and monkeypox vaccinations.
Both hospitalizations and cases continue to decline in Clark County and Nevada.
Major pharmacy chains and a state regulatory agency said Friday that they’re continuing to work with the FDA on how to best implement the change.
Clark County reported fewer hospitalizations from COVID-19 this week as vaccines began rolling out for children 6 months to 5 years old in Southern Nevada on Wednesday.
Official case counts can be misleading, with a new study showing more than three uncounted cases for every confirmed case.
The Interior Department says Deb Haaland is isolating in Nevada where she took part in a roundtable discussion Tuesday about clean energy production on public lands.
Most metrics have been on the rise for months, but the rate of the increase has gone up in recent weeks.
“We’re starting to see a slight uptick in positive cases, so anything somebody can do to protect themselves and if you do get COVID, it’d be a lot less severe,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said.
Clark County’s case rate per 100,000 people, another key CDC metric, also increased this week from 86.07 to 110.69.
