State call center directs residents to sites with free tests, advises on therapeutics
Mary Hynes
Health reporter
Email: mhynes@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-383-0336
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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.
The BA.2 variant has triggered a significant uptick in cases in the U.K and elsewhere, and its growing prevalence in the U.S. has created concern among public health authorities.
Not all experts agree on who needs a second booster, but those with underlying medical conditions might benefit the most as antibodies begin to wane.
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America will host a free online educational conference for Nevada residents on April 6 from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Two federal advisory committee members say evidence doesnt support a need for four shots.
Guard personnel administered hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests and vaccinations.
Cybersecurity expert warns that cyberattacks will cost lives if defenses aren’t bolstered.
A new acute-care hospital in Henderson will specialize in providing cardiac care while adding needed capacity in the growing community, Valley Health System executives said following a ceremonial groundbreaking.
Last week, BA.2 represented about 35 percent of cases genetically analyzed in the U.S. according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As cases of COVID-19 plummet, overall doses administered also are at their lowest point since the first week of vaccinations in mid-December 2020.
After eliminating incentive pay for overtime last month, University Medical Center is now reimposing a requirement that nurses work mandatory overtime.
The drugs remain in short supply. But the bigger issue may be getting them to patients who need them most.
Nevada students entering the 12th grade will now be required to be vaccinated against meningitis before school begins.
At a time when anatomy increasingly is taught using interactive touch screens and models, Touro University’s leaders believe in the importance of learning by dissecting actual bodies, medicine’s centuries-old rite of passage.
February emerged as the fourth deadliest month of the pandemic in Clark County, with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths reported since vaccinations became widely available, public health data shows.
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