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.
New cases were far higher than the two-week moving average, which decreased to 262 per day. The new report pushed the state’s case total to 316,239.
Among them are a pop-up COVID vaccination site at Palace Station on Thursday and Friday offered by the city, Station Casinos and the Southern Nevada Health District.
India has confirmed 19.9 million cases of infection since the start of the pandemic, behind only the U.S., which counts more than 32.4 million.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago, about $1.6 million in classroom project requests by Clark County teachers have been fulfilled via DonorsChoose.
An east Las Vegas elementary school has reported two COVID-19 exposures this week, affecting an unknown number of students.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige says the state’s mask mandate will remain in place for now.
Seven cases have been detected in Nevada of a coronavirus strain thought to be contributing to the catastrophic surge of COVID-19 in India.
The new season of “Bar Rescue,” which begins Sunday on the Paramount Network, is set entirely in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas-area owners and industry experts say some changes prompted by the pandemic are here to say, while others will be jettisoned.
Ages 16 and older can get a COVID-19 vaccination without an appointment at upcoming community clinics around the valley.
State officials say the surge is expected, but they aren’t sure if vaccination might dampen it or whether hospitalizations or deaths will rise as a consequence.
Visitors cheered and screamed with delight as the Southern California theme park swung open its gates for the first time in 13 months in a powerful symbol of the U.S. rebound.
The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on Thursday released new guidance and information on what claimants will need to do in order to receive jobless aid.
Updated figures posted to the Department of Health and Human Services showed 458 new coronavirus cases and 11 additional deaths in the state over the preceding day.
The COVID-19 vaccination site at UNLV will close to first-dose appointments and walk-ins on May 7, university president Keith E. Whitfield announced Thursday.