French experts are hoping to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients and frontline workers, amid conflicting evidence on the effects of smoking and COVID-19 risk.

Last week, the Southern Nevada Health District released a map showing how many people tested positive for coronavirus in each Clark County ZIP code.

With new cases of COVID-19 still rising and protesters clamoring for Gov. Steve Sisolak to loosen the virus’ stranglehold on the state’s economy, the governor’s medical experts say Nevada lacks the “bare essentials” that would warrant even a discussion of reopening.

Nearly 40,000 tests for the novel coronavirus have been performed in Nevada over the last month and a half, but to safely begin reopening portions of the economy, the Silver State may need to be running that many tests each day.

The new coronavirus has some stark differences from other relatively recent, grim outbreaks of disease.

“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away,” President Trump said in February, in the very early days of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.

If you’re the person who does the shopping in your home, you may have felt a great deal of frustration during the past several weeks.

While a vaccine for COVID-19 won’t be available for the next several months and into 2021, hospitals and labs around the world are racing to find the best effective treatment for supportive care to buy time for patients’ survival.