It was a surreal moment for Andrea Henderson as she watched the slot machines power down at the Bellagio. At the same time, people were still scurrying about, trying to buy in at the blackjack tables as half the casino was shut down.

Earlier this month, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation issued a press release with a jubilant headline: “Nevada’s Unemployment Rate Hits an All-Time Low.”

With calls from elected and health officials to self-isolate to prevent the spread of coronavirus, more and more people are turning to social media as their primary means of entertainment and connection with friends and the outside world.

With gyms forced to close amid rapidly changing health guidance and restrictions on gatherings to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, people are finding innovative ways to maintain exercise routines in the face of unprecedented disruption.

Just one week ago, coronavirus was not known to be circulating widely in Nevada, and most of the valley was still operating business as usual.

Just one week ago, coronavirus was not known to be circulating widely in Nevada, and most of the valley was still operating business as usual.

On Monday, Nevada Chancellor Thom Reilly took an appropriate precaution to the coronavirus outbreak by delaying the search for the next presidents of UNLV and UNR.

In this March 2020 episode of Medical Minute, UNLV School of Nursing Associate Professor Jinyoung Kim (Ph.D., RN) defines Obstructive Sleep Apnea and how to accurately diagnose it.

Health officials predict many US hospitals soon will be overrun with patients. Well before the outbreak, in total, Nevada had 6,304 hospital beds in 2017. Nevada’s 2.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people is lower than the national average of 2.4, according to the Nevada Current.