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…
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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…
By Mary HenniganArkansascovid.com Active COVID-19 cases in the Arkansas public school districts declined for the first time since the beginning of the school year, according to the Sept. 9 Arkansas Department of…
By Rachell Sanchez-SmithArkansascovid.com As cases continue to spike, Arkansas faces low vaccination rates and divisions over COVID-19. We reviewed reader comments and spoke to a leading medical expert to answer the questions…
By Mary Hennigan and Rob WellsArkansascovid.com Arkansas public schools reported a total of 4,791 active COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a 23% increase from a survey on Monday, according to state health data. …