COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bipartisan bill to repeal COVID-era health regulations.
Expect to pay out-of-pocket for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests, for a start.
Already at pandemic lows, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dipped this week.
Given that the population of Nevada is relatively young, the state “should have done better,” said one health expert.
Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, according to government figures released Thursday — almost five times the record set in 1982.
In a memo to licensed sportsbooks in Nevada, permission has been given to take bets on the North American Counter-Strike event that runs through mid-April.
The massive dance music festival remains on target for a May 15-17 return to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The latest deaths in Clark County included the state’s first young adult victim and the first person with no underlying medical conditions, health officials said Thursday.
In what will be the last big total for gaming win and taxes collected for a while, the state’s casinos exceeded the $1 billion win level for the third straight month in February.
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 department is encouraging people to view its YouTube videos for assistance when phone lines are busy and file claims online at “non-peak hours.”
Health care systems in Europe and New York buckled under the strain, with Spain’s death toll climbing to more than 4,000.
U.S. Department of Labor figures released Thursday shattered the record for the greatest number of new unemployment claims filed in a single week in October 1982. In Nevada, more than 93,000 people claim unemployment insurance benefits the week of March 15.
The SP 500 was up 4.6%, continuing a rally that has vaulted the index 16% higher since Monday on rising expectations that Congress will soon approve an unprecedented rescue package for the economy.
Nevada is one of several states that have allowed construction to continue during the coronavirus pandemic.
The meeting comes amid criticism that the world’s wealthiest countries have not taken cohesive action to combat the virus or its economic impact on people around the world.
Plans in place for dealing with a flu pandemic are being fine-tuned as public health authorities and health-care providers prepare for possible new coronavirus outbreak here.
President Donald Trump assured Americans that the risk of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is “very low” and put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of coordinating the response.
About 81,000 people around the globe were sickened by the coronavirus that kept finding new targets.
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