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.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday praised the efforts of federal, state and non-profit agencies in increasing COVID-19 vaccination in southern Nevada through the “Get Out The Vaccine” campaign.
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The vaccination rate among employees of Nevada’s System of Higher Education–which employs nearly 24,000 across the state–has risen nearly 35% over the past week.
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On Sept. 25 undergraduate population health nursing students, medical graduate students, and dental graduate students will participate in UNLV’s annual Poverty Simulation.
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The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is recruiting for volunteers in a number of the state’s rural communities.
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Las Vegas resident Halim P. became a millionaire Thursday night after winning the grand prize in the final Vax Nevada Days event.
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The trustees that resigned did not indicate their reasons for leaving the board, but some community members blamed community pressure over COVID-19 measures.
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Noting that the more contagious Delta variant now accounts for 90% of new cases in the state, Gov. Steve Sisolak outlined three requests he has sent to his medical advisory team.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today extended the eviction moratorium through Oct. 3, but limited the action to counties experiencing substantial to high levels of COVID-19 transmission.
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Nevada faculty call for mandatory vaccines at higher ed. campuses
by Bob Conradby Bob ConradThe Nevada Faculty Alliance (NFA), which represents higher education faculty in the Silver State, yesterday called for mandatory testing and vaccinations for students, faculty and staff.