Facing Thousands of Unvaccinated Students, Los Angeles District Pushes Back Vaccine Mandate Until Fall

The first large school system in the nation to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for students, the district is facing roughly 34,000 students who will not be fully vaccinated by the original deadline as well as concerns from parents and administrators over the surge in enrollment in the district’s remote learning program.

Learning curve on omicron and its impact

Scientists and economists alike say it will take more time to determine the impact of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Nevada Prepares for Omicron Variant of COVID-19

This week, states across the country began announcing their first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the most recent to be designated as a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization.

Rodeo fans flout mask mandate, but state regulators are watching

Herds of rodeo fans who have spurned Nevada’s indoor mask mandate at this year’s Cowboy Christmas have caught the attention of state regulators.

More than 1.2K NSHE employees face firing over vaccine mandate

More than 92 percent of Nevada’s nearly 23,000 higher education employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving 1,258 employees facing possible termination for failing to comply with the state vaccine mandate, the Board of Regents was told Friday.

The Substantial Costs Affiliated With Alzheimer Drug Development: Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD

The director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas discussed new data that highlights wasted expenditures from Alzheimer trials and the importance of understanding their impacts.

Drive-thru COVID-19 test, vaccine site at UNLV open

The drive-thru testing and vaccination site in the parking lot of UNLV's Paradise Campus is open five nights a week.

At mandate deadline, more than 1,200 higher ed employees unvaccinated

Two months after regents voted to authorize a system-wide COVID vaccine mandate for higher education employees, almost 6 percent of those employees remain unvaccinated — setting the stage for upwards of 1,200 possible terminations by the end of the calendar year.

At mandate deadline, more than 1,200 higher ed employees unvaccinated

Two months after regents voted to authorize a system-wide COVID vaccine mandate for higher education employees, almost 6 percent of those employees remain unvaccinated — setting the stage for upwards of 1,200 possible terminations by the end of the calendar year.

Omicron, what it could mean for Nevada

There is a lot about this new variant we do not know.

Nevada health, tourism officials monitoring new coronavirus variant

Nevada health and tourism officials are tracking developments with the omicron variant of the deadly coronavirus, including its potential impact on travel to Las Vegas.

Vote Thursday could mean higher insurance premiums for unvaccinated state workers

The 5,000 state employees and 1,400 university employees who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 could have to pay an additional $55 a month in their insurance plans as well as an additional $175 for unvaccinated dependents over the age of 18 to help recoup testing and hospitalization costs.

UNLV faculty, staff face Dec. 1 deadline to get vaccinated or risk losing job

Time is running out for UNLV faculty and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Human Trails for Alzheimer's Nasal Spray Vaccine to Take Place in Hospital

Pharmacological studies have attempted and failed for past decades to generate medicines that might halt the course of the illness. Now, experts claim to have reached a tipping point in Alzheimer's development.

Decades-Old ‘Water Pill’ Opens New Avenues for Alzheimer’s Treatment

The cause of Alzheimer’s was supposedly simple.

Nevada ramps up monitoring for omicron coronavirus variant

Nevada public health authorities are stepping up efforts to detect the omicron variant, a newly identified strain of the coronavirus with mutations that suggest it may be more dangerous than the delta variant.

Las Vegas tourism leaders jittery about omicron’s effect on travel

Tourism leaders locally and nationwide are getting jittery about how the COVID-19 omicron variant could affect tourism so soon after the United States opened its borders to restart international travel.

How UNLV research helps Nevada better understand and track COVID variants

Scientists across the world are racing to understand the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and that includes right here in Las Vegas, with research happening at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.