Coronavirus

Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks o…

More permissive quarantine guidelines the Arkansas Department of Health announced for public schools last month aren't contributing to this month's rise in new…

The 46% rise in the state's infection curve the last two weeks defies explanation, the state said Tuesday during its weekly COVID-19 press update.

The U.S. is facing its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic in better shape than the first time around, thanks to the vaccine, though some regions are seeing su…

Eight straight days of rises in the infection curve ended Sunday, but Monday's rise marked the 11th time in 13 days that the curve has risen.

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, health care officials are stressing the importance of families being protected against COVID-19 and the flu, as well a…

The infection curve rose for a seventh straight day Friday, the longest sustained increase since July when the curve was ascending to the non-winter peak it re…

Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women, and that risk spiked to four times higher after the delta v…

The 907 new cases the Arkansas Department of Health reported Thursday were the highest daily total in seven weeks, raising the infection curve for the sixth-st…

While Garland County saw a rise in active cases of COVID-19 for the first time in over a month this past week, Dr. Gene Shelby, county health officer, said the…

Active cases among the 18 and younger demographic have increased 36% in the last 10 days, a trend the state college of public health noted in the report it rel…

The 814 new cases the Arkansas Department of Health reported Tuesday were the most since Oct. 9, raising the state's infection curve to its highest point in al…

The state's infection curve rose for the fifth time in six days Monday. Over the weekend, active cases surpassed 5,000 for the first time in three weeks.

The 515 new cases the Arkansas Department of Health reported Friday ended a two-day rise in the infection curve, replacing the 557 new cases reported the previ…

After a steady decrease in new cases the last three months, Garland County saw its second straight day of double-digit increases in new cases Thursday.