The Southern Nevada Health District gave an update on the COVID-19 situation to media members in Nevada via telebriefing .
New numbers by the Southern Nevada Health District show COVID-19 disproportionately killing Black and Asian Clark County residents compared to their White and Hispanic counterparts.RJ investigations reporter Michael Scott Davidson and Renee Summerour discuss why that is, other factors revealed in these numbers including gender and age.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index dropped 58 percent from March to a score of 30 this month, the largest monthly change in the history of the index.
RJ business reporter Bailey Schulz talk about The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation took additional steps adding a new phone line with about 100 workers and reiterating a new online filing system.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Wednesday called sweeping nonessential business closures “total insanity” with no end date, and she once more pushed for Gov. Steve Sisolak to open the state.
Renee Summerour sits down with Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and Rj Health reporter Mary Hynes to answer viewer questions regarding the Coronavirus spread in Nevada.
HAS NEVADA PEAKED IN COVID-19 CASES?
HAS GOV. SISOLAK’S SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERS HELPED?
WILL GOV. SISOLAK REOPEN THE ECONOMY SOON?
WHAT DOES COVID-19 ZIP CODE MAP SAY ABOUT THE SPREAD?
ANTIBODY TESTING? BENEFITS? CONCERNS?
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center held a surprise party Tuesday afternoon for a nurse who survived COVID-19.
Henry Kronberg is turning 100 years old friends in cars will drive by his house to wish him a happy birthday during the quarantine. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Maj. Gen. Ondra Berry speaks about the National Guard response to the Covid-19 crisis in Nevada.
From April 14 to April 30, chefs from the MGM Resorts International will cook and donate 1,000 hot meals a day for Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
RJ health reporter Mary Hynes talks about why University Medical Center started prescribing hydroxychloroquine, how they are doing it and what a patient needs to have in order to receive it. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County and the city of Las Vegas invited media to tour their ISO-1 (Isolation and Quarantine) Complex for the homeless Monday morning, hours before it is expected to accept its first patients. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
As fewer people are on roads across the nation because of coronavirus-related restrictions, the price of gasoline has steadily dropped along with the traffic volume.
The average price of regular unleaded gasoline in the United States stood at $1.88 as of April 10, compared with an average of $2.76 a year ago, according to AAA.
The Air Force “Thunderbirds flew over the Las Vegas valley in support of those on the front lines in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Residents of a Henderson neighborhood got together for a party that abides by social distancing guidelines.
The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” soar past the Luxor during their flyover Las Vegas in honor of front line COVID-19 responders on Saturday, April 11, 2020 in Las Vegas.
NFR shared a compilation video with a message of hope for fans of the rodeo during the coronavirus pandemic.
Las Vegas Raiders players, including Hunter Renfrow, Alec Ingold, Josh Jacobs and Foster Moreau, are partnering with Three Square to help make sure those in need have access to food during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Thunderbirds honor all of the workers fighting the Coronavirus by flying over the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday.
A local Las Vegas chef goes over how to prevent cross-contamination and what the proper steps are when handling food.
Now that we’ve been asked to wear masks in public, people are showing us their masks. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The RJ’s Subrina Hudson talks about when Nevadans will receive their unemployment checks, if they will receive back pay and who qualifies for the aid. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The guidelines set by Gov. Steve Sisolak and the Southern Nevada Health District include: 6-foot distancing rule, limiting customers in the store, hand sanitizer stations, plexiglass shields at checkout and protective gloves and face masks. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Staff members at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center cheered Wednesday when a patient who’d been critically ill with COVID-19 was discharged from the Las Vegas hospital.
Staff members at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center cheered Wednesday when a patient who’d been critically ill with COVID-19 was discharged from the Las Vegas hospital. (Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center)
A Boeing 767 owned by Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson delivered 2 million surgical masks from China on Thursday, April 9 — 1 million designated for Nevada health care providers and first responders. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jacqueline Saites, director of contracts management at University Medical Center, talks about UMC’s personal protective equipment (PPE) inventory. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak closed sports facilities, worship services and added other restrictions to help fight coronavirus.
Edward Turken moved to Sun City Summerlin from California with his late wife, Eva, in 1997. Turken was well known in the veteran community in the Las Vegas Valley. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
You have questions and we have the answers! The RJ’s Renee Summerour sits down with Epidemiologist and member of the faculty of UNLV’sSchool of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, Dr. Brian Labus and RJ Health Reporter Mary Hynes for a round-table discussion about questions people have surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic.