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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Students attending school in Santa Clarita, Calif., last week. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that schools that offer in-person learning by the end of March will be eligible for a portion of funds totaling $2 billion.
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    California Offers $2 Billion Incentive In A Push For In-Person Learning

    Mar 01, 2021
    Public schools that don't offer in-person instruction for k-2 students by the end of the month will lose out on 1% of eligible funds every day that students remain out of the classroom.
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    Nevada Prison System Reports Errors In COVID-19 Case Counts

    Mar 01, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials said the Department of Corrections has been incorrectly reporting COVID-19 cases in facilities because of data entry errors.

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    Las Vegas-Area Schools Latest To Reopen Among Large US Districts

    Mar 01, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — When school bells ring Monday, Las Vegas will become the latest of the nation's largest districts to return kids to classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic.

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    Nevada Reports 266 New COVID-19 Cases, No Additional Deaths

    Mar 01, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Nevada on Sunday reported 266 new confirmed COVID-19 cases but no additional deaths.

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    According to the CDC using a brace or mask fitter over a disposable mask or a cloth mask is a good way to make your mask more secure and prevent leaks.
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    Coronavirus FAQs: What Are Mask Braces? What If I Get COVID After 1 Vaccine Dose?

    Feb 26, 2021
    Double masking earns praise as a way to keep safe from more contagious variants. Are there other mask hacks? And vaccines are prompting some queries.
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    Report: Las Vegas Casinos Still Slump, Other Markets Improving

    Feb 26, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Strip casinos are continuing to suffer effects of the coronavirus pandemic, but parts of the state that attract local and drive-in gamblers are showing signs of recovery.

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    Push To Reopen Statehouse Grows As Staff Offered Vaccines

    Feb 26, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is gradually loosening restrictions on businesses as the pandemic trends downward in the state, but the Legislature remains closed to the public.

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    What Should CCSD Students Returning To Class Expect?

    Feb 26, 2021

    It’s the announcement many parents around Clark County have waited for nearly a year to hear.

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    Lawsuits Filed Against Auto Insurers Over Rates In Pandemic

    Feb 25, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in driving and crashes.

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    Nevada Virus Positivity Rate Drops To Level Seen In October

    Feb 25, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reports of new coronavirus cases in Nevada continued to decline Wednesday, with the state's two-week rolling rate of tests coming back positive dropping to a level not seen since late October.

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    February 25, 2021

    Feb 25, 2021
    How Drag Culture Builds Community | A Review of Tod Goldberg's The Low Desert | The Imaginary Vegas That Saved My Sanity During the Pandemic | Media Sommelier
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    Goats and Soda
    As a young woman, pregnant and HIV-positive, Maurine Murenga did not have easy access to drugs that could save her life. Today she is an activist for equitable health-care. The global distribution of coronavirus vaccines is an issue of concern.
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    History Repeats Itself: COVID-19 Vaccine Inequities Echo HIV Crisis

    Feb 23, 2021
    People were dying of a disease that could be treated — but in poor countries, they did not have access to medicines that could help. That was the story of HIV — and now of COVID-19.
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    Nevada Reports 301 New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases And 4 Deaths

    Feb 22, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Health officials in Nevada on Sunday reported 301 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and four more deaths.

    That increased the state's pandemic totals to 290,972 cases and 4,872 deaths. Clark County had 242 of the new cases and two of the four deaths.

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    The Coronavirus Crisis
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    'To Me He's Not A Number': Families Reflect As U.S. Nears 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths

    Feb 22, 2021
    Family members of those who've died from COVID-19 reflect on the milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths, and how their individual loss fits within the magnitude of that number.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Amelia Hunt (left), principal of Stevens Early Learning Center in Washington, D.C., and Dr. Craig DeWolfe, a hospitalist at Children's National.
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    Guards, Generosity, Patience: A Volunteer Effort To Vaccinate Public School Workers

    Feb 21, 2021
    In Washington, D.C., hospital staff vaccinated 1,750 public school workers in one day. It was a hard-won success amid a fragmented nationwide vaccination campaign fraught with challenges.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
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    American Indicators: The Faces And Stories Behind The Economic Statistics

    Feb 20, 2021
    Some sectors are thriving, while others continue to struggle, putting different people in vastly different situations. NPR is following four people who will help illustrate the arc of the recovery.
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    The Picture Show
    Dr. Daria Osipchuk prepares to intubate a young man in severe respiratory distress from COVID-19.
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    'The Essence Of Truth': A Doctor's Photos Document The COVID-19 Crisis In The ER

    Feb 20, 2021
    Dr. Scott Kobner is the chief emergency room resident at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. His black-and-white photos show the suffering, anxiety and chaos unfolding in overrun COVID units.
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    Coronavirus FAQs: Mammograms, Vaccine Ingredients ... And Dogs Who Sniff Masks

    Feb 19, 2021
    Are there issues with having a mammogram right after a vaccine? Is there a list of vaccine ingredients — some people say they're scary. Also: My pooch loves to sniff discarded masks. Should I worry?
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    As The Vaccine Rolls Out, New COVID-19 Variants Show Up In Nevada

    Feb 19, 2021

    Governor Steve Sisolak just announced people 65 years o

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    Nevada Resumes High School Sports, Except In Clark County

    Feb 18, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak says high school sports regulated by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association can return to practices and games.

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    Nevada Reports 1st Case Of Virus Variant From South Africa

    Feb 18, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada health officials have confirmed the first known case in the state of a coronavirus variant that was first identified in South Africa.

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    Second Moderna Vaccine Delayed By Winter Weather

    Feb 18, 2021

    About 4,000 Las Vegas area residents who are scheduled to receive the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will have to wait a week longer.

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    Nevada Expands Vaccine Eligibility To People 65 And Older

    Feb 18, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has made residents 65 and older eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine beginning next week.

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    ACM Awards Show Returns To Nashville Venues In April

    Feb 17, 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music Awards is coming back to Nashville in April for a second time to hold its awards show at three different venues.

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    People walk in front of stores in New York's Herald Square. Retail sales soared 5.3% last month compared to December as U.S. families began receiving new federal coronavirus relief checks.
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    Shoppers Splurged In January As New Stimulus Checks Arrived

    Feb 17, 2021
    Retail sales soared 5.3% last month compared to December, much more than anticipated, as U.S. families began receiving new federal coronavirus relief checks.

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