The inaccurate results generated by the Chicago-based lab that operated in Nevada suggest that Northshore didn’t even run the tests, a Nevada public health lab official said.
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Rep. Susie Lee demanded accountability for a company that contracted with local governments in Nevada for COVID-19 testing but whose results were almost entirely wrong.
Most metrics have been on the rise for months, but the rate of the increase has gone up in recent weeks.
“We’re starting to see a slight uptick in positive cases, so anything somebody can do to protect themselves and if you do get COVID, it’d be a lot less severe,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said.
Clark County’s case rate per 100,000 people, another key CDC metric, also increased this week from 86.07 to 110.69.
State and local officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political connections. There was only one problem: Its tests didn’t work.
The city of Las Vegas contracted with Northshore Clinical Labs to provide limited COVID-19 testing early this year, a city representative said this week.
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward.
The announcement comes as coronavirus cases are rising again in some areas of the country.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced on Friday that he intends to end the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of others have been infected with COVID-19 at least three times, according to new data from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
Widows of two officers who died of COVID-19 wonder why the Metropolitan Police Department did not classify them as line-of-duty deaths.
New COVID-10 metrics released Wednesday showed Clark County’s case rate increasing, but hospitalizations continued to drop.
Many Las Vegas transportation providers will no longer require a face covering after a federal judge voided the mask mandate on airlines and public transportation.
Harry Reid International Airport lifted its mask mandate for travelers Monday night after the TSA said that it would no longer enforce the mask requirement.
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A district court judge approved a motion to dismiss the fake electors case, pointing to issues with jurisdiction.
Henderson officials expect to save almost 300,000 gallons of water a year — and some money — with a change it made at the Henderson Multigenerational Complex.
The allegations variously involve counterfeit sauces, scantily clad dancers, trademark infringement, menus gone rogue and more.
The Sphere’s Jim Dolan says of the famous Las Vegas venue’s audiovisual technology: “We’ve only scratched the surface.”