Experts In The News
After a nationally televised, controversial interview, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is doubling down on her call to reopen the city, adding she hopes the warm desert climate may help eliminate COVID-19.
The updates have become as commonplace as checking the weather app on your phone each morning.
An excessive heat warning has been issued for Las Vegas, with the valley forecast to hit triple-digit temperatures Wednesday for the first time ever in April.
As temperatures begin to rise in Las Vegas, many are wondering how extreme, summer heat will affect the spread of COVID-19, so 8 News Now spoke with local experts Friday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has praised Nevadans for adhering to COVID-19 shutdown directives, but if control measures are reduced too soon, the disease will likely spread beyond control, said Brian Labus, an epidemiology expert at the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Public Health.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has praised Nevadans for adhering to COVID-19 shutdown directives, but if control measures are reduced too soon, the disease will likely spread beyond control, said Brian Labus, an epidemiology expert at the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Public Health.
A new report raises an interesting question: could the consumer electronics show have played a role in spreading the coronavirus?
As doctors in Las Vegas and around the world try to grapple the unknowns of the novel coronavirus, one area many are looking at is in our blood and what the antibodies we produce in our immune system can tell us about the way the virus is spreading.