Have COVID-19 habits and social guidelines become our new normal?

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States we have seen a shift in the way we communicate, the way we approach personal hygiene, and the way we would normally enjoy our time with family and friends.

Excluded from IRS payments, undocumented Nevadans hit hard under COVID-19

Millions of Americans received $1,200 deposits from the IRS over the last week through the CARES Act, a federal stimulus bill intended to help people facing unemployment and financial duress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nevada business owners ‘desperate’ as federal funds vanish

The $349 billion in federal funding for cash-strapped small businesses has dried up in less than two weeks.

How Coronavirus Is Sending Millennials Back to Their Childhood Bedrooms

FOR THE PAST month, I’ve woken up swaddled in butterfly bedding, feet dangling off the twin-size bed of my childhood. Blinking groggily at the furry furniture in the corner and magazine cutouts plastered on closet doors, I’ve fought the faint fear that perhaps I’m still in high school, the intervening six years merely an elaborate dream.

17% of COVID-19 Cases In Washoe Linked To Two Facilities

There have been 15 COVID-19-related deaths in Washoe County so far. A third of those deaths are tied to two state-regulated facilities in Reno. KUNR News Director Michelle Billman checks in with Anh Gray, KUNR's public health reporter, for more information about those two outbreaks.

UNLV offering free mental health counseling during COVID-19 crisis

Experts are warning about the damaging effects the coronavirus crisis can have on one’s mental health. UNLV is offering free counseling to anyone who needs help getting through the pandemic.

Prepare for a long haul? Social distancing may not end for months

It’s been weeks since the pandemic quieted the world’s playground, snuffing out the symphony of boozy conversation, blaring car horns and slot-machine chimes that once filled the Las Vegas Strip.

UNLV Engineers Fabricate PPE for Local Medical Community

Typically at this time of the spring semester, engineering labs would be filled with faculty and graduate assistants working on research projects, student groups gathering to design their next rocket or robot, and senior design teams making the final tweaks to the prototypes for their capstone competition.

Telemedicine takes off in Southern Nevada with rise of COVID-19

Within the last month or so, more Las Vegas Valley medical offices have started offering telemedicine appointments in response to the COVID-19 outbreak — part of a nationwide trend that has seen an explosion in use of the technology.

UNLV Engineers Fabricate PPE for Local Medical Community

Typically at this time of the spring semester, engineering labs would be filled with faculty and graduate assistants working on research projects, student groups gathering to design their next rocket or robot, and senior design teams making the final tweaks to the prototypes for their capstone competition.

COVID-19 Business Closures Put The Squeeze On Sex Workers

When Governor Steve Sisolak ordered all nonessential businesses to close in order to slow down the COVID-19 outbreak last month, he specifically mentioned Nevada’s brothels and strip clubs.

Millions of Americans are receiving relief payments this week, but who is being left out?

Last month, Congress passed a historic $2.2 trillion aid package aimed at easing the financial burden facing state governments, businesses and American families during the coronavirus pandemic. As part of this legislation, the majority of Americans are eligible to receive one-time cash payments — $1,200 for most — but for some, accessing those funds is a confusing and complicated process, while others were completely left out of this part of the relief plan.

How the pandemic affects gaming industry

CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo spoke to David G. Schwartz, gaming historian and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about how the pandemic is affecting the gaming hubs of Las Vegas, Macao and beyond.

No more bets: March revenue plunges as virus shuts casinos

Revenue from casinos in numerous U.S. states plunged in March as the coronavirus forced the shutdown of in-person gambling across the country in the middle of the month.

Nevada’s unemployment rate could be pushed above 30%, doubling 2007-09 recession

Nevada could have the largest number of unemployed workers in the US due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a state where an estimated one in three workers is employed by the leisure and hospitality industry, 320,000 Nevada workers are at risk, twice the number in the late 2000s, which could push Nevada’s unemployment rate above 30 percent, according to a recent report by Las Vegas-based economic research firm Applied Analysis, reported by The Wall Street Journal.

UNLV’s coronavirus test kits to run out today

One key to getting schools and businesses re-opened is getting more people tested for coronavirus. Doctors need to know who has the disease, and who may have had it already but showed no symptoms.

UNLV to expand coronavirus testing with help from National Guard

UNLV's School of Medicine will expand its coronavirus testing thanks to help from the Nevada National Guard, according to a spokesperson.

Analyst: "Vast majority" of Nevada gamers excluded from new SBA program

Casinos with fewer than 500 employees can participate in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program if their gaming revenue last year was less than $1 million and comprised less than half of business revenue, under new SBA guidance.