New indoor mask requirements go into effect at federal facilities including Nellis Air Force Base and the visitors center in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area.
Mary Hynes
Health reporter
Email: mhynes@reviewjournal.com
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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.
With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Nevada should expect to see an influx of patients from neighboring states poised to further restrict abortions or ban them outright, Planned Parenthood representatives said.
The Southern Nevada Health District strongly recommends that people wear masks in public indoor places and stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Official case counts can be misleading, with a new study showing more than three uncounted cases for every confirmed case.
Monkeybox cases have been found in Nevada’s neighboring states.
The unusual pattern nationwide has health officials puzzled — or, as one authority put it — “flu-ummoxed.”
The inaccurate results generated by the Chicago-based lab that operated in Nevada suggest that Northshore didn’t even run the tests, a Nevada public health lab official said.
Restaurants and otherbusinesses could get a reprieve of as much as a year before steep hikes in health fees go into effect, but only if pandemic-relief dollars can fill the gap.
Teams of federal and state health officials had visited five hospitals and skilled nursing facilities as of Wednesday morning.
The increases in environmental health inspection and permitting fees would deal a crushing blow to businesses struggling to get back on their feet, critics say.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services said there have been 14 deaths among patients this year.
Monday’s Red Cross blood drive spurs competition between North Las Vegas fire and police departments.
State and federal authorities are investigating outbreaks in Southern Nevada of drug-resistant fungus Candida auris, which can lead to serious illness and even death.
The city of Las Vegas contracted with Northshore Clinical Labs to provide limited COVID-19 testing early this year, a city representative said this week.
State and federal health authorities are investigating ongoing outbreaks at Nevada hospitals and nursing homes of a drug-resistant “superbug” that can lead to serious illness and even death.
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