The patient was a man over the age of 50 with a compromised immune system.
Mary Hynes

Mary Hynes returned to the Review-Journal in August 2019 as the newspaper’s health reporter after working in public affairs and communications for MGM Resorts International. She previously worked as an editor and a reporter at the RJ. The University of Colorado graduate also worked as a reporter at newspapers in Colorado. She is a native of Oregon.
COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Clark County, where new variants have been detected. But officials say there’s a weapon for fighting the new strains.
A Las Vegas hospital joins an FDA clinical trial to confirm the safety and feasibility of using a new, single-incision technology in a variety of colorectal surgeries.
Cases and hospitalizations in Clark County and statewide plateau this week after increasing the prior week for the first time in three months.
Time was running out for the young Afghan woman who had a coveted chance at a U.S. visa after her husband was evacuated from Kabul.
Air Force veteran Eugene Michael Pawley III, a Republican, is challenging another Air Force veteran, one-term Democratic incumbent Clara “Claire” Thomas.
GOP activist and business owner Christine DeCorte is challenging one-term Democratic incumbent and attorney Venicia Considine in the general election race for Assembly District 18.
Vaccinations will be offered at Friday’s Pride parade in downtown Las Vegas and Saturday’s Pride festival in North Las Vegas.
For the first time in 12 weeks, both cases and hospitalizations in Clark County increase this past week, according to new state data.
The winner in the overwhelmingly Democratic district in east Las Vegas would replace term-limited Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton.
The challenger in Assembly District 16 denounces woke Democrats, while the incumbent says as a Thai-Mexican she can best represent district.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough urged veterans to seek medical care and compensation under one of the largest expansions of VA healthcare services in U.S. history.
Dr. George Peter Chambers engaged in “sexual improprieties that constitute sexual misconduct,” according to the Nevada licensing board.
With the rate of new cases declining, there are signs that the virus may be getting under control.
After declining for 10 straight weeks, COVID-19 hospitalizations plateaued in Clark County this week and increased slightly statewide.