With more COVID-19 patients in Clark County requiring intubation and breathing assistance from a ventilator, acute care hospitals are seeking to double the number of ventilators they currently have, Southern Nevada Health District officials said on Fr…
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Nevada jobless claims continue to break records
The week ending April 4 saw the second-most initial claims for unemployment insurance in Nevada history, according to a state report released today. The report by the …
Nevada health centers getting $6.25 million to fight coronavirus
Nevada community health centers will receive $6.25 million in grant funding from the federal coronavirus stimulus package, the state’s U.S. senators announced today. The centers can use the …
How SNWA safely protects the Valley’s drinking water
The Southern Nevada Water Authority treats almost the entire Valley’s drinking water before municipal water agencies deliver it to your tap. SNWA is committed to the …
Laid-off workers help one another navigate unemployment fortress
The online communities offer advice, from which phone number to use for calling the local unemployment office to what time of day is best to call. They give tips on how to …
It’s everyone’s right and duty to be counted
The 2020 census may be the most critical in living memory. It will determine not only our congressional apportionment for the next 10 years and the reallocation of federal taxes for communities, but also where companies choose to create jobs.
The howling: Americans let it out from depths of pandemic
It starts with a few people letting loose with some tentative yelps. Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling chorus of howls and screams that pierces the twilight to end another day’s monotonous forced isolation.
Rising from sick beds, COVID medics head back to front lines
“Be strong, mum, we really love you,” is what Dr. Aurelie Gouel’s kids tell the ICU physician when she sets off for long hospital shifts trying to save critically ill coronavirus patients.
In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation
Christians are commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Everybody is very scared’: Struggle to keep apart on subway
They let trains that look too crowded pass by. If they decide to board, they search for emptier cars to ride in. Then they size up fellow passengers before picking the safest spot they can find to sit or stand for commutes sometimes lasting an hour or…