Health

A surge of omicron cases across the state has led to reinstated mask requirements and a strain on healthcare facilities.

Gov. Steve Sisolak during a press conference on Thursday said more than a half million COVID-19 at-home rapid tests are on their way to Nevada and will be provided to communities most in need.

Nevada’s Medicaid home care workers who’ve weathered the front lines of the pandemic are eligible for a one-time $500 supplemental payment if they apply before Jan. 14.

The Nevada Health Response group, which provides state updates on COVID-19 information, announced today Storey and White Pine Counties are no longer required to mandate masks indoors.

The Interim Finance Committee of the Nevada Legislature on Thursday approved more than $660,000 to support children’s mental health in the state through the Children’s Mobile Crisis Response Team.

Ten Nevada hospitals this week received $11.3 million in grants from the Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program.

Registration for spring classes at any of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) seven institutions began this week, for the first time with a new requirement—vaccination for COVID-19.

Nevada this week became the first state to launch a grant program using American Rescue Plan Act funding, using $5 million to provide grants to children with disabilities who have ABLE accounts.

Nevada officials last week said the state will receive $244,000 to help fund rural distance learning and telemedicine.

More than a half million Nevadans have registered for next week’s Great Nevada ShakeOut, a statewide public earthquake drill being promoted by University of Nevada, Reno’s seismological lab.