Staffing at Clark County hospitals has been stretched thin during the COVID-19 pandemic. A health official said that as of Thursday, 300 employees were out sick at the three Las Vegas-area HCA hospitals.
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Analysis of valley’s wastewater shows that omicron dominates and also reveals the highest levels of the coronavirus to date.
As demand for COVID-19 testing soars, people with mild symptoms – or none at all – are crowding already busy Las Vegas-area emergency rooms to be tested for the coronavirus.
Las Vegas’ only major COVID-19 testing site experienced what officials called record-breaking demand on Sunday night, as lines caused traffic delays and hourslong waits.
COVID-19 testing sites are located throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Some have moved, closed or changed hours. Here’s an update.
Clark County on Monday reported 1,379 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 deaths during the preceding three days as three of its four key metrics for the disease increased.
The site at 851 E. Tropicana Ave., just east of Paradise Road, across from UNLV’s Thomas Mack Center, will be closed from Sunday through Christmas.
A brief rundown of current restrictions in the city and Clark County for those visiting for the holidays.
U.S. health officials approve authorization for all adults but particularly urge people 50 and older to seek one.
It is not unusual for patients recovering from certain viruses, such as West Nile virus or even the flu, to have ongoing complications. But long COVID is more prevalent, more severe and longer lasting.
Clark County on Thursday reported 581 new coronavirus cases and five deaths over the preceding day, but statewide reporting and other metrics were not available.
Some workers received exemptions, but not for “political positions and scientifically inaccurate reasons,” a St. Rose Dominican hospital representative said.
Clark County on Tuesday recorded 298 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths as three of its four key metrics showed day-over-day declines.
Supply of universal blood type at lowest level since early in the pandemic, according to the nonprofit blood supplier Vitalant.
Hospitals in rural Nevada still face shortages of beds, staff and supplies as they bear the brunt of the delta surge that has waned elsewhere in the state, officials said Thursday.