By Mary Hennigan and Rachell Sanchez-Smith ArkansasCovid.com With 757 deaths, September was the fourth deadliest month of the pandemic in Arkansas even though active COVID-19 cases fell by more than half from…

By Paige McGaughy and Rob WellsArkansasCovid.com The University of Arkansas is running a contest to encourage students to get the COVID-19 vaccine and the strong student participation offers new insight about the…

By Mary Hennigan and Rachell Sanchez-SmithArkansascovid.com It’s a question asked widely throughout Arkansas: why are the COVID-19 cases falling? Many experts are as puzzled as the rest of us. “We don’t have…

By Grace Arnn ArkansasCovid.com Restaurants suffered significantly during the COVID-19 crisis as they navigated capacity limits and mask mandates, but one local restaurant in Fayetteville, Feed and Folly, not only beat the…

By Caroline Sellers Arkansascovid.com  Arkansas COVID-19 cases are on a steady decline after a month-long spike, but hospitals remain busy as the delta variant sweeps the state.  Hospitals, particularly in the Northeast and…

By Rachell Sanchez-SmithArkansascovid.com COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are projected to continue declining in the coming weeks despite a slowing vaccination rate in Arkansas, the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences said in its latest…

By Sarah Komar and Mary HenniganArkansascovid.com Daily new cases of COVID-19 in children age 17 and younger have risen sharply in the two months since the delta variant became the dominant strain…

By Mary Hennigan Arkansascovid.com Labor Day cookouts and crowds at high school and college football games led state officials and health experts to believe COVID-19 infections would jump across the state, but active…

By Jacob JacksonArkansasCovid.com Arkansas COVID-19 hospitalizations have been falling slowly in recent weeks, but medical professionals still report concern about sufficient staffing, intensive care beds and rehabilitation for the thousands stricken by…