The Reed family is looking forward to doing something together outside of the home; 11-year-old who had the virus wants to ride her bike.
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Medical students in Southern Nevada have taken on the work of screening potential cases of COVID-19 at the Cashman Field temporary homeless shelter in order to free up doctors and nurses to work with patients.
Providers continue to work to serve parents who work in essential businesses; Nevada officials work to open more spots for children.
The search by leaders in the region for bed space for such patients will not end there as officials anticipate facing a crisis affecting cities across the country: Hospital bed shortages.
When schools and businesses shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, Las Vegas saw mass blood drive cancellations.
With fewer and fewer mental health resources available as providers not using telemedicine close up shop, it’s straining a system that already was stretched thin.
Nevada officials have stated they need more COVID-19 test kits. Four times they have asked federal officials for help only to be told there is a “indefinite backlog.”
“It makes you feel so isolated,” said Rachael Anderson, who was quarantined in a hospital room with her infant son before his test results came back negative.
Las Vegas Valley hospitals need supplies from the community at large. Here are specific needs and how to donate items to various hospitals.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is giving each worker only one surgical mask per shift, a critical care nurse said. Those on the front lines are balking at the changing standards.
The man received services at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and the city of Las Vegas’ Courtyard Homeless Resource Center while he was symptomatic, health officials say.
The Review-Journal is compiling a running list of resources for people throughout Clark County and Nevada affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
UNLV Medicine is offering curbside coronavirus tests — a nasal swab test — by appointment.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Community Ambulance host blood drives for the American Red Cross.
Hospitals asked, residents delivered. Masks are being made and donated to hospitals throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
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