vaccination

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday is expected to drop the state’s mask mandate, which has been in place since the start of the pandemic. 

Advocates for older Americans are calling on the state to require booster shots for people who live and work in nursing homes.

Data from the Washoe County Health District provided to This Is Reno show most people who died from COVID-19 in the county were unvaccinated.

Nevada higher education faculty today issued a statement demanding the University of Nevada, Reno go online for the next two weeks.

America’s children are being vaccinated against COVID-19 at an alarmingly variable rate, depending on where they live, according to doctors interviewed by Kaiser Health News. 

Nevada’s Board of Regents voted 9-4 on Friday to direct Chancellor Melody Rose to send a letter to state lawmakers in support of imposing a vaccine mandate on students enrolled in public colleges and universities in Nevada.

A split vote between Democrats and Republicans yesterday means the University of Nevada and Truckee Meadows Community College have to drop coronavirus vaccine mandates for students.

Washoe County Health District officials on Monday reported the county’s first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant. 

A researcher and epidemiologist explains the way researchers calculate how well a vaccine prevents disease, what influences these numbers and how omicron is changing things.

Washoe County District Health Officer Kevin Dick on Wednesday said the decision by the Board of County Commissioners to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration was unfortunate.