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Name your civil liberty or civil right, and it is in jeopardy in Arkansas. Racially gerrymandered elections have yielded a coordinated attack on Arkansans' rig…
by Holly Dickson and Barry Jefferson Special to the Democrat-Gazette March 6, 2023WASHINGTON -- Covid-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease l…
by DAVID KLEPPER The Associated Press March 5, 2023President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to approve more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government cor…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports March 3, 2023A South Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to six years and two months in federal prison for trying to obtain more than $4.2 million in covid-19 relief funds …
by The Associated Press March 3, 2023Covid-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a l…
by The Associated Press March 1, 2023WASHINGTON -- Just a small percentage of the at least $60 billion in unemployment payments estimated to be lost to fraud during the pandemic has been recovered…
by SARAH D. WIRE Los Angeles Times (TNS) February 26, 2023China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for covid-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November.
by The Associated Press February 17, 2023"It is a sobering milestone to me," Robert Hopkins, director of the division of general internal medicine at UAMS, said.
by Teresa Moss February 16, 2023A public health expert said Arkansas is a "cause for concern" as federal protections of citizens on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)…
by Daniel McFadin February 16, 2023The Arkansas Department of Health and the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care are partnering with locations around Little Rock and North Little Rock to provid…
by Remington Miller February 14, 2023The inspector general of the Labor Department said Wednesday that as much as $191 billion in pandemic-related unemployment benefits has been improperly used, u…
by Tony Romm The Washington Post February 9, 2023Officials are preparing for Medicaid coverage to end this spring for thousands of Americans who no longer qualify, because the federal government reinstated a …
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports February 6, 2023California won’t require children to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools. Public health officials in the state say they are no longer moving ahead wi…
February 3, 2023China reported a sharp drop in new covid-related deaths during the Lunar New Year holiday, even as a spike in travel increased the likelihood of more infection…
by PHOEBE SEDGMAN Bloomberg News (TNS) January 29, 2023The Food and Drug Administration is proposing switching to a once-a-year coronavirus shot that targets the strain expected to pose the greatest threat during t…
by Laurie McGinley The Washington Post January 24, 2023U.S. health officials want to make covid-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.
by The Associated Press January 23, 2023Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Wednesday her official support for the constitutionality of a state ban on mask mandates, reversing a stance held by her …
by Will Langhorne January 19, 2023WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a Missouri appeal that sought to ensure states can cut taxes even as they receive $195 billion in federal pand…
by GREG STOHR Bloomberg News (TNS) January 18, 2023BEIJING -- China reported Saturday nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had covid-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, an…
by JOE McDONALD The Associated Press January 15, 2023Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday she has disbanded five government covid-19 pandemic groups and committees that were established under the previous…
by Neal Earley January 14, 2023