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As the latest and most transmissible COVID-19 variant, BA.5, spreads rapidly through the U.S. and Nevada in what has become the sixth wave of the pandemic, experts say that low vaccination rates have contributed to the continual morphing and spreading of the virus.
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![The Nevada Independent](/sites/default/files/styles/100_width_25_height/public/news_source/logo/the-nevada-independent.png?itok=4YKX2LQb)
As the latest and most transmissible COVID-19 variant, BA.5, spreads rapidly through the U.S. and Nevada in what has become the sixth wave of the pandemic, experts say that low vaccination rates have contributed to the continual morphing and spreading of the virus.
The figure skater won a gold medal, but to many, she still had to prove she was American.
Las Vegas is apparently becoming the destination of choice for many women looking to get an abortion and who cannot get the procedure in their home states. Nevada clinics also report higher patient volume since a ground-breaking US Supreme Court ruling.
Just as we get to grips with one infectious disease, another makes its way into the headlines: Monkeypox.
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An unusual blast of radio waves from deep space had a sense of rhythm. Over the few seconds in December 2019 when the burst was detected, it kept a steady beat. That tempo holds clues to the potential origin of the mysterious outburst, one of a class of flares called fast radio bursts.
![Bing Zhang headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/60_width/public/expert-images/D74156-003-Bing-Zhang_1.jpg?itok=BdzNAs_p)
An unusual blast of radio waves from deep space had a sense of rhythm. Over the few seconds in December 2019 when the burst was detected, it kept a steady beat. That tempo holds clues to the potential origin of the mysterious outburst, one of a class of flares called fast radio bursts.
![Bing Zhang headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/60_width/public/expert-images/D74156-003-Bing-Zhang_1.jpg?itok=BdzNAs_p)
![K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13](/sites/default/files/styles/100_width_25_height/public/news_source/logo/KTNV-TV.png?itok=fuEYrB8V)
Comments from a Clark County judge during a probation hearing are drawing attention. Some are calling for her to resign, while others say there's more context to the judge's comments.
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![Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español](/sites/default/files/styles/100_width_25_height/public/news_source/logo/rj_esp_logo.png?itok=NSzlaGK-)
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have declined in Clark County and across Nevada over the past week, according to state data released Wednesday.
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