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COVID-19 ‘kraken’ variant gains traction in Nevada

The Nevada lab director doesn’t predict a large wave of cases from the variant — but not because the strain named after a mythical sea creature is a “pussycat.”

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Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto tests positive for COVID-19

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., announced on Twitter she tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon. She is experiencing mild symptoms.

Clark County ending COVID rental assistance program

Clark County is phasing out of a rental-assistance program instituted during the COVID-19 emergency, but says it has other programs ready to take over.

 
Post-Christmas COVID spike? Not yet.

COVID-19 cases in Clark County and statewide continue to trend downward after a Thanksgiving spike.

 
Most COVID-19 deaths in Clark County are elderly

But that doesn’t mean that older people who get the virus are more likely to die than they were earlier in the pandemic, one expert says.

5 years prison, $2.5M restitution for Las Vegas COVID fraud

A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution for bilking the government out of millions of dollars.

 
COVID-19 hospitalizations rise statewide

While hospitalizations remain relatively low in Clark County and statewide, pediatric units continue to be stressed by respiratory infections, including RSV.

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