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While the current statistics may not meet the technical definition of an endemic, the recent and dramatic drop in COVID-19 cases, test positivity rates, and hospitalizations indicate Southern Nevada and other parts of the U.S. have almost arrived.

Sami Mesgun trails residents and fellows at University Medical Center for his two-week rotations as a third-year medical student in UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.

With the state now dropping the mask mandate, those with weak immune systems are feeling vulnerable.

Even though Gov. Steve Sisolak lifted Nevada’s mask mandate Thursday, the governor and state and national health experts continue to point out the fight against COVID-19 is far from over.

Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01), Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Medical Student Education Authorization Act, to authorize the Medical Student Education (MSE) Program for five years. The MSE Program provides grants to public institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate education for physicians in states with the most severe primary care provider shortages. First created in 2019 by Congressman Cole and Senator Inhofe, the MSE Program is currently subject to annual authorizations, which results in significant uncertainty over funding and long-term planning for funded institutions.

Coronavirus: 'Light at the end of tunnel' said Dr. Kahn with UNLV School of Medicine. We may be reaching herd immunity from natural infections and vaccinations.

The Mayo Clinic states that approximately 10% of people between 18 to 49 who have COVID-19 get long COVID. For those 70 and older, it is about 22%.

Nearly two years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, an expert told 8 News Now there’s a chance the situation could change for the better this year.