Nevada is one of seven states with “very high” levels of COVID wastewater activity. Experts said a tourist surge over the Fourth of July weekend was one factor.
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COVID-19’s latest variant is on the loose, but local experts think vaccines can mitigate its spread and severity.
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.
The Southern Nevada Health District reported 1,667 new COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths over the weekend as four key metrics that measure the impact of the virus continue to improve.
Gov. Steve Sisolak’s medical advisory team isn’t discussing lifting the mandate; Las Vegas mayor says it’s time and that “the public is not stupid.”
Most Clark County coronavirus metrics continued their decline Friday, ending a third week of decreasing COVID-19 rates.
Clark County on Thursday reported 926 new coronavirus cases and 20 deaths, as case rate dropped but deaths continued to rise.
Just as the omicron wave of COVID-19 cases showed signs of receding, the state’s first case of a worrisome new variant known as BA.2 was spotted in Southern Nevada.
For the first time in over a month, Clark County on Wednesday reported fewer than 1,000 new coronavirus cases over the preceding day.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has rescinded a mandate requiring new Metropolitan Police Department hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply earlier than the companies had planned.
Clark County showed more progress in curbing the current COVID-19 surge, but still remained a ways away from meeting the criteria needed to exit the governor’s mask mandate.
Clark County on Monday reported 6,245 new coronavirus cases and 27 additional deaths over the weekend.
As the last day of operations for the drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Fiesta Henderson draws near, the testing site at Texas Station is scheduled to operate until February 20.
The decision was bolstered by real-world evidence from the more than 200 million doses administered in the U.S. since the FDA cleared the shot in December 2020.
“There were just days where you felt like you were a chicken running with your head cut off,” traveling nurse Lauren Meadows said about her contract in Las Vegas.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced Friday that the first subvariant of omicron was detected in Southern Nevada in a woman in her 40s.
After a week of decreases in major COVID-19 metrics, a public health official said Thursday that the current omicron-driven surge has peaked in Clark County.