In his final days, Edward Turken, 96, serenaded his son over the phone with tunes like “Stayin’ Alive” and “California Dreamin’ ” from his bed in the ICU unit at Summerlin Hospital.
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Even before the coronavirus outbreak, nonprofits were seeing an increase in the number of seniors seeking food assistance.
The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that will allow the city to levy civil or criminal penalties against those who violate emergency directives.
Longtime barman centralizes news on where to find help — and where to aid brethren out of work — on online dashboard.
The American Gaming Association has asked President Donald Trump to help small gaming companies be eligible for loans offered through the Small Business Administration.
The Senate is poised to take up an emergency relief bill Thursday that adds $250 billion in loans for small businesses that the Trump administration seeks.
As of Wednesday morning, five students and one instructor with the College of Southern Nevada had reported positive cases of COVID-19, according to the school’s website.
“It’s respiratory arrest in its true form: a sudden type of hypoxia and worsening that requires emergent intubation,” one doctor said of a pattern of rapid decline in COVID-19 patients. Such was the case with a Las Vegas radio host.
Trading remained unsettled around the world, with Asian stock markets mixed and European indexes down. A day before, a big gain for the S&P 500 suddenly vanished.
New deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Clark County overnight, and the state death toll edged higher to 81, according to new data from local health agencies.
They qualify as independent contractors or self-employed, a spokeswoman for the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said.
As hotel rooms across the country sit empty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some operators are offering their properties to health care workers and first responders looking for a place to rest away from home.
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Politicians and health officials emphatically warn that while deaths, hospitalizations and new infections may be leveling off in places like Italy and Spain, and even New York has seen encouraging signs amid the gloom, the crisis is far from over.
The Clark County School District apparently is out of compliance with a Nevada Department of Education directive to track contacts with students to maintain at-home learning.