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Just as the omicron wave of COVID-19 cases showed signs of receding, the Southern Nevada Health District on Friday announced that it had detected the state’s first case of a worrisome new variant known as BA.2.

Looking at the graph of cases in Nevada, one state health official noted in a recent conversation with state lawmakers that there are "very, very early" indications of stabilization as the growth rate of new cases appears to be slowing down.

When ÐÔÊӽ紫ý researchers want to predict the path of the pandemic they pop open a manhole.

Edwin Oh, an associate professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý, was among the first to discover the omicron variant in Clark County.

Wastewater surveillance is becoming more widespread in the U.S. to fight COVID-19.

Las Vegas researchers predict that most news cases of COVID-19 in Southern Nevada for at least the next three weeks will be caused by the more contagious but seemingly milder omicron variant.

Data from wastewater treatment plants across southern Nevada show coronavirus levels at all-time highs, according to researchers at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Researchers tracking COVID-19 in Southern Nevada's wastewater reported a stunning finding on Monday.