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After jumping a day earlier by the largest amount in a single day since the start of the pandemic, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas …
by Andy Davis January 25, 2022Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Tuesday after another volatile day of trading. Technology companies like Microsoft were again the biggest drag on the m…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original covid-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022Hospitalizations of patients with covid-19 rose to an all-time high of 1,817 in Arkansas on Monday, while the number of active cases fell for the second day in…
by Jeannie Roberts , Michael R. Wickline January 25, 2022World health officials are offering hope that an ebbing of the omicron wave will give way to a more manageable phase of the covid-19 pandemic, even as they war…
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports January 25, 2022High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting that the coronavirus has ended…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022The number of active covid-19 cases among teachers and students in the state's public schools dropped by almost 20% to 16,806 from the record high of 20,937 ac…
by Cynthia Howell January 25, 2022Almost two years into the coronavirus pandemic, more than 635 million children globally remain affected by full or partial school closures, the United Nations …
by The New York Times January 25, 2022Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made "deeply offensive" comments when he suggested things are worse for people today than they were for Anne Frank,…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022Signs are mounting that many Americans in highly vaccinated places are grasping for a near-normal life, even as the most contagious covid-19 surge yet passes o…
by Bloomberg January 25, 2022BEIJING -- Less than two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, a few dozen covid-19 cases in Beijing have prompted authorities to test millions of p…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022RICHMOND, Va. -- Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was facing a new legal challenge over his executive action that aimed to let parents opt out of school…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022An extension to the Little Rock School District's face mask requirement, vaccination incentives for students and strategies for making up missed class days are…
by Cynthia Howell January 25, 2022WASHINGTON -- With inflation punishing consumers and threatening the economy, the Federal Reserve this week will likely signal its intent to begin raising inte…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022NEW YORK -- A volatile day on Wall Street ended Monday with stocks notching modest gains after climbing back from a steep slide that had knocked more than 1,20…
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports January 25, 2022Hospitalizations due to covid-19 rose to an all-time high in Arkansas on Monday, as the number of active cases fell for the second day in a row.
by Jeannie Roberts January 24, 2022Stocks fell sharply as investors anticipate inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and fretted over the possibility of conflict between Russia an…
by The Associated Press January 24, 2022Less than two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, a few dozen covid-19 cases in Beijing have prompted authorities to test millions of people in th…
by The Associated Press January 24, 2022Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded cautiously optimistic Sunday that the omicron wave was peaking nationally in the United States and that coronavirus cases could fall …
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports January 24, 2022Active covid-19 cases and hospitalizations decreased Sunday, a day in which reporting is typically lower, as total active cases remained over 100,000 and curre…
by Teresa Moss January 24, 2022