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.
The Raiders are looking to keep their private COVID-19 testing site at their Henderson headquarters for at least another year.
Michael Brown, director of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Office of Economic Development, said the state’s economy is primed for a strong economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic.
The Southern Nevada Health District will begin to offer second doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the Las Vegas Convention Center vaccination site.
New cases of the disease were below the 14-day moving average of 696, while fatalities were far above the daily average of 16 for the period.
A surge of cases following Halloween and Thanksgiving produced record hospitalizations in California.
Two UNLV engineering students won the university’s senior design competition last month with a timely project — a microwave for COVID-19 disinfection.
Nevada reached a sobering milestone Saturday when officials reported 56 additional coronavirus deaths, raising the total for the week to 299, the highest number recorded in one week since the pandemic’s start.
Arizona and Rhode Island are tied for the country’s highest COVID-19 diagnosis rate.
Starting Thursday, Nevadans with Apple devices will be able to receive notifications that they have been exposed to the coronavirus without downloading an app.
Nevada on Wednesday reported 3,053 new coronavirus cases and 25 additional deaths, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
As of Wednesday the TSA reported 101 confirmed cases of coronavirus among TSA employees at McCarran since the pandemic began, marking a 55 percent increase since Nov. 19, when 65 cases were noted by TSA data.
British regulators warned Wednesday that people who have a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program.
The therapy is still undergoing additional testing to establish its safety and effectiveness.
Nevada’s workforce agency closed its Las Vegas unemployment insurance call center Monday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Numbers of cases, testing positivity rate, hospitalizations are all trending upwards in the state.