“Close contact” doesn’t have to be sustained to increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission, federal and local experts agree.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has ordered a three-week “state pause” beginning Tuesday to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Nevada.

Nevada surpassed 2,000 cumulative deaths from the coronavirus Saturday as the state reported 29 new deaths for the second consecutive day.

Nevada’s hitting a record number of coronavirus cases almost daily now. On Thursday, state health officials reported a record-high 2,416 new cases and six additional deaths.

The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization to a prescription-based at-home COVID-19 test that provides results in less than 30 minutes. It is the first test of this kind to become available for COVID-19. The only other infectious disease that has an FDA-approved at-home diagnostic test is HIV.

As COVID-19 cases increase, the Southern Nevada Health District recommends that Thanksgiving be celebrated only with people from your own home.

As COVID-19 cases climb in the community, the Southern Nevada Health District is recommending that Thanksgiving be celebrated only with people in your own household.

While COVID-19 cases keep rising and uncertainty abounds, many people are worried we could see another shutdown.