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 U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of extra shots.
Church leaders said in a statement that masks will be required temporarily in an effort to keep temples open.
The 824 new cases and 986 COVID-19-related hospitalizations were the lowest figures reported by the state since mid-July.
A majority of the Clark County Commission took a formal stand Tuesday against COVID-19 misinformation, declaring it a public health crisis amid concerns from other lawmakers that doing so might agitate a deep division within Southern Nevada.
Nevada on Tuesday reported 1,230 new coronavirus cases and 38 deaths over the preceding day as the state’s longer-term COVID-19 metrics all edged higher.
The state on Monday reported 2,215 new coronavirus cases — the lowest total in two months following a weekend — and 35 deaths over the preceding three days
The Clark County School District is using a mobile app through emocha Mobile Health and about 42,000 employees are required to answer a series of questions before reporting to work.
Health care workers and family shared stories and laughs Saturday as they remembered a local nurse who died last year of COVID-19.
The Clark County School District reports 728 new COVID-19 cases so far this month, but the overall impact is not clear because it isn’t saying how many have been “excluded.”
Hundreds of people went to a northeast Las Vegas high school on Saturday morning to get a $100 gift card with their COVID-19 vaccine.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will get more than half of the $13.65 million in federal pandemic recovery funds to help market tourism.
An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.
Nevada on Friday reported 1,371 new coronavirus cases and 24 deaths over the preceding day as other key COVID-19 metrics improved slightly.
Results released Thursday from last year’s Smarter Balanced assessments come with a caveat because only about half of Clark County School District students participated.
Nevada on Thursday reported 1,475 new coronavirus cases and 32 deaths as the state’s major COVID-19 metrics continued to provide mixed signals on the direction of the outbreak.