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Yahoo!

The second vaccine approved for emergency use by federal authorities arrived in Nevada Monday and now the "Tier 1" population is moving closer to receiving the first complete round of immunizations against COVID-19. Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak tweeted about the arrival of the Moderna vaccine on Monday adding people should continue to guard against the virus by wearing a mask, social distance and good hand hygiene.

Greatist

There are two camps of people in this world: the “If it’s yellow, let it mellow” camp and the “Every time you piddle, the lever you must diddle” camp. (Yeah, we totally just made up that phrase.)

K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

The second vaccine approved for emergency use by federal authorities arrived in Nevada Monday and now the Tier 1 population is moving closer to receiving the first complete round of immunizations against COVID-19.

Business Insider

Fitness instructor Shauna Harrison's Instagram feed consists of simple workout routines and yoga stretches she shares with her 84,000 followers.

Healthline

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in a Dec. 14 statement to Parliament that a new strain of coronavirus has been identified in southeast England.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It may or may not be the “Fauci effect,” but Southern Nevada’s medical schools are seeing a surge in the number of applications for admission in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brookings

Typically these summary articles open with a statement something like “it’s been an eventful and challenging year”, or something. We will not, hopefully, have to resort to such hyperbole in future years – because in 2020, it has been true. Here in the Center on Children and Families, we continued to develop our work under the Future of the Middle Class Initiative – and there’s lots more to come over the next few months. (Check out in particular our New Contract with the Middle Class, a synthesis of big ideas to help the middle class and featured below.)

Montana Public Radio

Reported cases of people getting reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are rare in the U.S. and none have been confirmed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But researchers say studying possible reinfections could answer some big questions about the body’s natural immune response after being infected with the virus.

KUNR

There’s so much COVID-19 data being reported. What does it all mean? KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck talks to Brian Labus, an epidemiologist with Nevada’s COVID-19 medical advisory team, to break down what the numbers can tell us.

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