A local health expert advised against taking an over-the-counter heartburn medication to treat COVID-19 as news broke this week of a clinical trial regarding the medicine.
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Health care workers from Service Employees International Union gather Wednesday at Southern Hills Hospital to protest unsafe working conditions.
Volunteers at UNLV and Touro University build test kits and key ingredients from scratch to help alleviate a state shortage of tests for the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Southern Nevada’s major hospitals plan to resume performing “medically necessary” elective surgeries Monday, according to a Nevada Hospital Association letter.
After testing positive for the disease, Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Rio Lacanlale worried about how many people she might have infected before her symptoms began.
The Nevada Police Union, formerly the Nevada Highway Patrol Association, filed a complaint Thursday with the state-run Employee-Management Relations Board.
Residents were able to submit questions in advance at CCTV@ClarkCountyNV.gov or via the county’s Facebook, Instagram or Twitter social media sites.
New cases reported by the state and the Southern Nevada Health District were both well below the averages of the past week. Infection rates also have been creeping lower.
The hospital celebrated the milestone Saturday of discharging more than 50 patients to date by lining a hallway, and clapping and cheering as patient David Reifer was sent home.
Patient volumes at Southern Nevada hospitals have decreased sharply even as COVID-19 has crested. But hospital officials warn that avoiding the ER could have dire consequences.