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Military officials declared a public health emergency at Nellis Air Force Base, limiting access to residents and “mission essential personnel” beginning Saturday. 

More than a million people could swamp the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces in the coming months as employers lay off staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has notified directors of agencies throughout the state to begin looking for ways to reduce their budgets …

State and federal officials are finalizing details of the role Nevada’s National Guard will play in the statewide response to the coronavirus, but they’re emphasizing the mission won’t include enforcing martial law ….

The WNBA has postponed the start of its season because of the coronavirus pandemic, with no indication when play would begin …

A public-private task force created to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in Nevada has raised $10 million in its first week of existence, receiving donations from a wide range of groups

The United States’ top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead.

A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade, as employers slashed hundreds of thousands of jobs because of the viral outbreak that has

Two of the most powerful people in Washington have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has already killed more than 5,000 Americans and put 10 million others out of work.

The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship was fired Thursday by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for help to too many people.