Records show the losses are often due to the challenges of administering the highly-sensitive COVID-19 vaccine within a rigid timeframe before it spoils.
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People making appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at the Southern Nevada Health District’s headquarters are the first to use it.
Federal officials have not shared formula determining each state’s weekly COVID-19 vaccine allocation, the head of the state’s response effort said Monday.
County health officials said Friday that first-dose appointments will not be available next week at the health district or its partner clinics.
Vaccination sites at Cashman Center and Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas began accepting some walk-ins 65 and up on Thursday to receive a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Clark County will start to use a new statewide COVID-19 vaccine registration system next week, replacing individual systems used by local governments.
Appointments at Southern Nevada Health District sites on Thursday through Saturday and University Medical Center on Thursday and Friday will be rescheduled for next week.
The city was the first Southern Nevada jurisdiction to announce eligibility for that age group in late January. But days later, the city announced the plan was on hold.
Gov. Steve Sisolak provided an update on Nevada’s COVID-19 vaccination playbook, education and youth sports on Wednesday.
Eligibility to receive COVID-19 vaccine has been extended to a new group in Clark County, and it’s not the 65- to 69-year-olds who have been waiting a month.
The COVID-19 testing site at Cashman Center is closing at noon on Friday so that Clark County health officials can increase the capacity to administer vaccine at the site.
COVID-19 vaccine clinics scheduled for Wednesday in Nye and Lyon counties have been postponed due to delayed deliveries of vaccine doses.
Nevada residents in eligible groups can receive COVID-19 vaccines at many Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies across the state.
An unknown number of skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities that didn’t qualify under the federally run program have been left to fend for themselves.
West Virginia has led other states, including Nevada, when it comes to distributing the coronavirus vaccine to its residents, in part by partnering with smaller pharmacy chains and community groups.
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.