Coronavirus
A new study raised questions about how well COVID-19 vaccines protect organ transplant recipients — and what precautions people with suppressed immune system...
March 16, 2021The Magnolia Walmart’s pharmacy is administering COVID-19 vaccines, according to a post on the store’s Facebook page, making it the third store in Columbia C...
by Rhett Gentry - March 11, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will h...
by ZEKE MILLER Associated Press - March 11, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Wednesday, sending it to President Joe Biden to be sign...
by KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press - March 11, 2021NEW YORK (AP) — Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awa...
by MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer - March 9, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday that COVID-19 vaccinations would be open to everyone in category 1-B.
by Brianna Kwasnik - March 8, 2021The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in Arkansas fell Thursday to its lowest level since July 8.
by Andy Davis - March 5, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May — two months earl...
by ZEKE MILLER, LINDA A. JOHNSON and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press - March 4, 2021Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday extended eligibility for the coronavirus vaccines to workers at poultry plants and other food manufacturing sites — e...
by Andy Davis, Nathan Owens - March 4, 2021Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the extension of the public health emergency until March 31, including the mask mandate, he said in a press conference Friday.
by Brianna Kwasnik - February 26, 2021Arkansas is lowering the age eligibility for covid-19 vaccination from 70 to 65, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday.
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - February 23, 2021WASHINGTON -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson praised White House covid-19 vaccination efforts but criticized President Joe Biden's covid-19 relief legislation,...
by Frank E. Lockwood - February 22, 2021Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly rose to a three-month high in January as Americans sought to take advantage of ultra-low mortgage rates tha...
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - February 20, 2021The following is a list of frequently asked questions to the COVID-19 Hotline answered by Ivy Moore, owner of Wilson Bearden Pharmacy, the COVID-19 vaccine d...
by Rhett Gentry - February 13, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed half of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan through a House committee Thursday, advancing $1,400 paym...
by ALAN FRAM, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press - February 13, 2021