Daniel Mathis, CEO of PureCare Living, a Las Vegas-based health care management company, announced the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics will lead medical services and programs for Southern Nevada’s newest pediatric skilled nursing facility, Silver State Pediatric.

The directive that all Nevadans wear a face covering to limit the COVID-19 spread came with a few exceptions: Those with medical conditions making it difficult to breathe, those with a disability that prevents them from wearing a face covering, and young children ages 2-9 are exempt.

For more than two weeks, Karen Sombra spent every day and night in a Las Vegas pediatric intensive care unit where her 2½-year-old son was being treated for complications from COVID-19.

By comparison, 36 million Americans have gotten the flu this season and about 22,000 have died. Children have been more vulnerable than years past with 144 pediatric deaths reported, according to the latest statistics from the CDC. Eight more child deaths were reported this week.

Amid the growing fears surrounding the new coronavirus, an element of good news: Kids, for the most part, aren’t getting sick from it. And those who do typically experience milder symptoms.

A 34-year-old Clark County school teacher stayed out of the classroom all last week, she said, for fear of infecting her students with the new coronavirus.

When it comes to coronavirus, there’s no question a lot of people are worried. 8 News Now took some of the questions viewers had posed and decided to ask a local expert.

If you grew up in the ’90s—or have kids who did—you surely remember the “Got milk?” campaign. Posters featuring celebrities—from Britney Spears to Kermit the Frog—plastered school hallways and lunchrooms, reminding those who walked by how milk helps growing bones stay healthy and strong. Two decades after those two words entered our consciousness, it might be time to rethink what kind of milk—if any—we should be drinking.