Large Las Vegas venues including T-Mobile Arena are being considered as potential COVID-19 vaccination sites as the state works to speed up distribution efforts.
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Nevada no longer has one of the worst COVID-19 vaccination rates per capita in the U.S., according to federal data released Thursday.
Older adult residents of the predominantly Black community and other valley residents lined up Wednesday for the chance to get doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
UMC has partnered with Vitalant to host the TeamUMC Blood Drive on Wednesday. Walk-ins are welcome.
A vaccination clinic beginning Wednesday at Doolittle Senior Center in Las Vegas quickly filled all available slots Monday only hours after the city announced that appointments had been added.
There are no available appointments for the public at large to sign up for at this time, a Las Vegas city spokesman said. Only residents who pre-registered are eligible.
O.J. Simpson, the NFL great who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife but later spent years in prison after a conviction on armed robbery charges, received his coronavirus vaccine in Las Vegas.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara began his annual State of the Schools speech on Friday by focusing on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures have had on the mental health of students and staff.
Retired Las Vegas police Detective Michael Karstedt, who spent nearly 50 years of his life pursuing justice in the valley, died this month from complications of COVID-19.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara provided an update Thursday on the district’s plan to reopen schools to preschool through third grade students on March 1.
The head of the Southern Nevada Health District said it will be “several weeks” before COVID-19 vaccine becomes available to those in the general public in this age group.
The Clark County School District will begin bringing its youngest students back into classrooms March 1, the district said in a memo to employees sent Wednesday.
The appointment-only site will offer COVID-19 vaccine to those who received their first shot at Western High School, Cashman Center or the Southern Nevada Health District’s main office.
Health reporter Mary Hynes draws on her expertise, sources to answer queries on the COVID-19 vaccine. Submit questions at vaccinequestions@reviewjournal.com or (702) 383-0245.
Former Clark County District Judge Don Chairez, a longtime Nevada attorney, died Thursday from COVID-19. He was 65.
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