Health & Wellness

In the Quad counties that make up Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties, there have been 20,519 total cases, 4,598 cases remain active, 341 people have died from COVID-19, and 15,577 individuals have recovered, according to the latest Nevada Health Response statistics.

Still in need of the COVID-19 vaccine? There is now an additional location to get your shot. Our Dayton site (901 Medical Center Dr.) is now offering the Pfizer vaccine for ages 5 and older. You can get either your initial shot, or the booster. Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also sign-up through your MyChart account.

Rural Health and Nutrition Initiative, in partnership with SNAP-Ed and AmeriCorps members, has a brand new series of cooking techniques videos just in time for the holidays and all the cooking the season entails.

CARSON CITY — The pandemic has been a challenging time for all, and the healthcare world has been no different. Carson Tahoe Health has remained dedicated to the community and its staff has worked tirelessly to be a resource during this turbulent time. The organization is now asking for your help to Sponsor Your Caregivers’ Calm.

With a significant drop in testing demand and an increase in providing vaccination, Carson City Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that it is halting community-based COVID-19 testing events and on-site testing at CCHHS.

The Carson Intuitive Center is a branch of the Reno Psychic Institute. We are a safe place to explore your psychic abilities without having to go to Reno. Carson Intuitive Center offers classes, healings, and readings right here in Carson City.

Western Nevada College students, faculty, staff and family members, as well as community members, are welcome to participate in a COVID Vaccine Clinic on Friday, Nov. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. in Reynolds Center Rooms 101 and 102 on the college’s Carson City campus.

In partnership with Immunize Nevada and Optimumedicine, the Carson City Senior Center will be hosting a COVID-19 booster vaccination event on Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. available to COVID booster eligible individuals (those 65 or older, 18-64 with underlying medical conditions or those employed in a high-risk area).

We invite you to release trapped emotions from recent and past events that have been held prisoner in your subconscious mind (allowing you to create freedom in your existence) and join us for a Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing experience on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 4:00 PM.

Carson City Health and Human Services will be offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 5 to 11 years at community COVID-19 vaccination events throughout the Quad-County Region (Carson City, Douglas County, Lyon County, and Storey County) starting Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.

RENO, Nev. — The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has added Nevada as the eighth state in its Rural Healthcare Program, announcing more than $11.3 million in grants to help 10 Nevada hospitals purchase state-of-the-art diagnostic and radiology equipment and expand simulation-based training.

Join instructor Cindy Battee who specializes in a 4-minute Tai Chi style for seniors for a six-week free course at the Carson City Senior Center beginning Friday, Nov. 5.

Open enrollment begins Monday on NevadaHealthLink.com, the online health insurance marketplace operated by the state agency, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Exchange), that connects Nevadans to quality, affordable health and dental plans. For this Plan Year 2022, Nevadans can shop 126 qualified health plans. All plans are designed to fit each individual’s budget and health needs.

Barton Health and Tahoe Orthopedics & Sports Medicine welcome Dr. Paul Ryan, Foot and Ankle specialist, to Carson City and Lake Tahoe. He will lead a new service line under Barton Orthopedics, offering comprehensive foot and ankle surgical solutions to patients and community members facing sports related injuries, arthritis, total joint replacement, deformity, and trauma.

The Carson Intuitive Center is a branch of the Reno Psychic Institute. We are a safe place to explore your psychic abilities without having to go to Reno. Carson Intuitive Center offers classes, healings, and readings right here in Carson City.

To support the benefits of proper drug disposal, Partnership Carson City will hold the bi-annual Drug Round-up this Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at four locations in Carson City. Bring unused or expired prescription drugs and sharps (syringes) to one of these locations in Carson City:

During yoga nidra, "energy replenishes and exhaustion is eliminated. Identification with the impermanent and temporary nature of living is replaced with identifying with the golden aspect of oneself that endures — one's true Self." — Julie Lusk

Yoga Nidra offers the equivalent of 3-5 hours of REM sleep. You will leave rejuvenated and with a sense of calmness and tranquility.

Class will be at Ascent Physical Therapy, their NEW location, 4560 S. Carson St, STE 2, near the Chevron at the junction of Carson Street and Spooner Summit.

Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties hosts it’s October meeting on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 9am via Zoom (connection details below). The public meeting includes member updates and introductions, discussion of matters of regional importance to health and wellness, plus presentations by guest speakers. Special presentations this month will focus on Nevada Families First and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Early detection is key in the fight against breast cancer, so access to screenings is critically important. This work is continuing during the COVID-19 pandemic. To accommodate women who are due for a mammography screening, Northern Nevada Health Centers continually criss-cross the state and make stop in local communities.

Carson Valley Medical Center is offering discounted mammography screenings for $50 throughout the month of October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Appointments may be made by calling (775) 782-1533.

Carson City Health and Human Services is providing the Quad County community with a weekly update for the week starting Sept. 30 and ending Oct. 6, 2021.

The Nevada Overdose Data to Action program, which oversees the surveillance of opioid overdose in the state, announced Thursday that accidental drug overdose deaths among Nevadans increased 55 percent from 2019 to 2020.

Carson Tahoe Dayton Urgent Care (901 Medical Center Drive) is going to have a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on October 12 from 7 am-Noon. We will only be offering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Walk-In only.

By participating in the Tuesday, Oct. 5 blood drive presented by Vitalant at Western Nevada College's Carson City campus, donors can help provide a sufficient supply of blood for transfusions locally.

CARSON CITY — In preparation for Open Enrollment next month, the Nevada Division of Insurance has made public the approved health insurance rates for consumers who shop on the individual health insurance market, both on and off the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Exchange), which is the state agency that oversees and connects eligible Nevada residents to affordable health and dental plans through Nevada Health Link.

CARSON CITY — A construction project in the works since 2017, before the pandemic, before a national staffing shortage, and before grueling Tahoe fires — is now complete.

During the month of October, Douglas County Community Health Clinic invites you to get your flu shot at one of their four drive through clinics.

CARSON CITY — The influenza season is fast approaching, and while last season saw historically low influenza activity nationwide due to precautions taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Nevadans are encouraged to receive a flu shot as the 2021-22 season begins.

The Seniors Eating Well series, offered by the Food Bank of Northern Nevada, is designed to help you take better control of your health. We invite you to join us for this free series at the Carson City Senior Center.

The nonprofit Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties is seeking applicants for a service and training opportunity being offered in the Dayton, Nevada area. The successful applicant will have a dedication to teamwork aimed at increasing access to food, thereby improving food security and wellness in the community.