In The News: School of Public Health
Las Vegas valley hospitals are bracing for the full impact of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays from COVID-19, and one hospital has already issued a disaster declaration because of an influx of patients.
A Las Vegas hospital said Wednesday that it declared a capacity crisis over the weekend, citing a surge of COVID-19 patients that overfilled its intensive care unit.
The UNLV School of Public Health announced Wednesday it received a $1.7 million state grant to continue providing COVID-19 contact tracing.
The UNLV School of Public Health announced Wednesday that it received a $ 1.7 million state grant to continue operating as a COVID-19 contact tracker.
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has changed in just the past month with a variant, vaccine and an increase in cases.
New Year’s Eve revelers who were at crowded places Thursday night should assume they were exposed to the coronavirus, a Nevada health official said. These places include the Las Vegas Strip.
Although the fireworks show was canceled on the Las Vegas Strip, thousands of people gathered in this tourist area to say goodbye to an unusual 2020 and welcome a 2021 that everyone hopes is better. However, there are those who consider that this way of welcoming the New Year was somewhat irresponsible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 upended just about everything in 2020. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talks to Brian Labus, an epidemiologist with Nevada’s COVID-19 medical advisory team, to learn more about the past 10 months in Nevada and what is expected for the start of the new year.
Although it will be at least a couple of months before the general public gets the COVID-19 vaccine, efforts are being made in Nevada to make sure everyone is educated when it comes to getting the vaccine.
Las Vegas: Community advocates and health officials are working to engage with the state’s diverse communities and reach out in Spanish and other languages as Nevada lays plans for mass coronavirus vaccinations.
Community advocates and health officials are working to engage with Nevada's diverse communities and reach out in Spanish and other languages as the state lays plans for mass COVID-19 vaccinations.