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Already at their lowest levels in more than three months, the numbers of covid-19 patients in Arkansas who were hospitalized, on ventilators or in intensive ...
by Andy Davis October 21, 2021WASHINGTON -- Influential government advisers are deciding Thursday how best to expand the nation's covid-19 booster campaign, including whether and when it'...
by The Associated. Press October 21, 2021WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to a new low point since the pandemic erupted, evidence that layoffs a...
by The Associated Press October 21, 2021U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending covid-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines and said people eligibl...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports October 21, 2021After rising by one a day earlier, the number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals resumed its decline on Wednesday, reaching a new three-month low.
by Andy Davis October 21, 2021New York City will require its entire municipal workforce to be vaccinated against covid-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday...
by MICHAEL R. SISAK AND MICHELLE L. PRICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2021Neil Cavuto, 63, the Fox News Channel anchor who has been treated for cancer, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and undergone open-heart surgery, said he was...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports October 21, 2021An Arkansas Supreme Court justice has recused herself from a case that seeks to block the enforcement of a law that prohibits state and local governments, in...
by Lara Farrar October 21, 2021After struggling to hire workers for its outlet store in Dallas, Balsam Hill finally opened on Sept. 1. But the very next day, the online purveyor of high-en...
by ANNE D’INNOCENZIO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2021Solid earnings from health care companies helped send stocks higher on Wall Street Wednesday and pushed the benchmark S&P 500 to the brink of another record ...
by DAMIAN J. TROISE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 21, 2021WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending covid-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said an...
by The Associated Press October 20, 2021Republican lawmakers in Tennessee this week ordered the state's labor agency to reject federal rules designed to protect health care workers from covid-19, e...
by The Associated Press October 20, 2021After rising by one a day earlier, the number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals resumed its decline on Wednesday, reaching a new three-month low. Th...
by Andy Davis October 20, 2021WASHINGTON — Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a covid-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school,...
by The Associated. Press October 20, 2021WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is planning to allow Americans to receive a different covid-19 vaccine as a booster than the one they initiall...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports October 20, 2021Benton County's justices of the peace went back to the starting line in an effort to provide more than $100,000 for the Northwest Arkansas Council for its ef...
by Tracy Neal October 20, 2021A pair of justices of the peace on Tuesday advocated for using some of Washington County's covid-relief funds to increase pay for county employees.
by Tom Sissom October 20, 2021To reduce disruptions to in-person instruction, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that elementary and secondary schools will be able to use a distance of 3 fe...
by Andy Davis October 20, 2021Dennis Prager, 73, a conservative radio show host who "constantly hugged" strangers to expose himself to the coronavirus, said he's tested positive and is re...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports October 20, 2021The leader of a remote Australian territory has hit back at criticism of his administration's vaccine mandates by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, telling Cruz, "You ...
by The Washington Post October 20, 2021