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.
During a Clark County School Board meeting Thursday, some audience members were yelling and more than 10 were asked to leave or escorted out of the room by police.
A public charter school and a Clark County School District high school notified parents Wednesday of possible COVID-19 exposures on their Henderson campuses.
Teachers reported long lines at district testing sites on Tuesday, including more than 100 people at Mojave High School in North Las Vegas at the height of the rush.
Michael Kagan was supposed to have surgery Aug. 4 at MountainView Hospital to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck, but it was delayed due to capacity issues.
Nevada’s public charter schools will decide independently whether to require young students to wear face masks, but must comply with state rules.
In a memo released Tuesday night, Chancellor Melody Rose wrote the requirement will apply to “all unvaccinated and vaccinated NSHE students, employees, and members of the public.”
The Clark County School District is facing widespread teaching and staff vacancies with less than two weeks before a new school year begins, district officials said Wednesday.
The district sent emails and made robocalls to parents on Tuesday morning advising that all staff and students will be required to wear masks indoors and on district buses.
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.
The district is standing behind its face mask policy for the new school year — at least for now — despite calls from local and national health officials for stricter rules.
The federal agency will begin its Southern Nevada canvassing operation Saturday, said David Fogerson, chief of the Nevada Division of Emergency Management and Office of Homeland Security.
The Southern Nevada Health District is holding a series immunization clinics for incoming kindergartners throughseventh-graders before school starts next month.
The city announced Monday that the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy will remain in operation for a second school year.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board approved a reopening plan Friday. Each school will decide whether to offer full-time in-person classes or a hybrid model.
Pablo Navarro, who taught for about 25 years at Gibson Leadership Academy in Las Vegas, died May 27 due to COVID-19 complications.
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