In The News: School of Public Health

El Tiempo

Clark County's homeless communities have largely been saved from the coronavirus. Few have died, and officials allege that the positivity rate is on par with that of the general public.

Head Topics Pakistan

Amid the alarming revelation that the latest coronavirus variant has reached Karachi, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman stressed that vaccine would have to be developed at local level to fight the pandemic, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

As the world makes significant progress in the fight against COVID-19, a new strain of the virus is now emerging.

ABC 13 News

Hearing that an already dangerously contagious virus—has mutated into an even more contagious version is sending shockwaves across the world.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Kenya Young paced in the back parking lot of Valley Hospital Medical Center.

El Tiempo

Kenya Young was strolling in the back parking lot of Valley Hospital Medical Center.

verywell health

A new coronavirus strain called B.1.1.7 first appeared in September and has quickly caused a wave of infections in the United Kingdom (UK). In response to the news, a growing number of countries, including Spain and Russia, have enacted travel bans against the UK over the past week.

CNBC: TV18

Just as the world seemed to be turning the corner in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a new mutation in the novel coronavirus has started to make things look bleaker again, as several countries imposed fresh lockdowns to curb fresh transmission.

Greatist

There are two camps of people in this world: the “If it’s yellow, let it mellow” camp and the “Every time you piddle, the lever you must diddle” camp. (Yeah, we totally just made up that phrase.)

Healthline

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in a Dec. 14 statement to Parliament that a new strain of coronavirus has been identified in southeast England.

KUNR

There’s so much COVID-19 data being reported. What does it all mean? KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talks to Brian Labus, an epidemiologist with Nevada’s COVID-19 medical advisory team, to break down what the numbers can tell us.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Across the state, many businesses remain at 25 percent capacity under the Governor's "State-wide pause" restrictions.