Nevada reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 and a record 38 deaths on Thursday, as the death toll in Clark County surpassed 1,000.
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State and local officials promise more tools to help Clark County residents book second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Nevada reported 750 new coronavirus cases and 49 additional deaths over the preceding day, according to state data posted Wednesday.
UMC has partnered with Vitalant to host the TeamUMC Blood Drive on Wednesday. Walk-ins are welcome.
In another small milestone in the battle against COVID-19, members of the public on Tuesday began receiving vaccine shots at a Las Vegas Convention Center clinic dedicated to “second dosers.”
Five additional cases of the more contagious new coronavirus strain first identified in the U.K. have been detected in Clark County, the Southern Nevada Health District said late Tuesday.
About one-third of Nevada’s corrections staff have been vaccinated for COVID-19, while just one inmate has received the vaccine, the department said Tuesday.
Nevada on Tuesday reported 811 new coronavirus cases and 46 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Drug stores have become a mainstay for flu shots and shingles vaccines, and the industry is capable of vaccinating tens of millions of people monthly.
Students from UNLV, College of Southern Nevada and Nevada State College are staffing education “point of dispensing” sites and administering the vaccine to the public.
Those who are ineligible will be turned away from the Las Vegas Convention Center site, health district officials said.
Vaccinations will be available for people over the age of 70 and anyone whose job currently qualifies them for vaccination.
Older military veterans are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the Veterans Affairs hospital in North Las Vegas, with a few restrictions.
Assuming that the food insecurity plaguing Las Vegas and the country also is affecting the vegan community, Mindy Poortinga turned to social media to rally support for a plant-based food bank.
A vaccination clinic beginning Wednesday at Doolittle Senior Center in Las Vegas quickly filled all available slots Monday only hours after the city announced that appointments had been added.
There are no available appointments for the public at large to sign up for at this time, a Las Vegas city spokesman said. Only residents who pre-registered are eligible.