COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Everyone 6 months of age and older should get at least one dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
The latest variant of COVID-19, BA.2.86, was not found in Southern Nevada as of last week, according to wastewater data.
Figures show hospital admissions for the coronavirus climbing both statewide and in Clark County.
Southern Nevada Health District will continue to provide free vaccine and testing, though not as widely.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Cases and hospitalizations, already at low levels, continue to trend downward.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain low in Clark County and statewide.
Cases and hospitalizations statewide and in Clark County remain at some of the lowest levels of the pandemic.
Hospitalizations from COVID-19, flu and RSV continued to decline in the Silver State, according to health officials.
Under the proposal from the Food and Drug Administration, Americans would no longer need to keep track of how many shots they have received.
The Nevada lab director doesn’t predict a large wave of cases from the variant — but not because the strain named after a mythical sea creature is a “pussycat.”
After a post-Thanksgiving spike this month, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and statewide continue to decline, new state data shows.
Confirmed and suspected hospitalizations increased by 65 percent in Clark County, according to data released Wednesday by the state.
Confirmed and suspected COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide increased to 164 in the last week, a 16 percent increase over the prior week.