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Worldwide news outlets are reporting that a new, “highly concerning” variant of the coronavirus, called B.1.1.529, has recently been identified in South Africa. Fears that the new strain could fuel further global outbreaks, pressure health systems, evade vaccines, and complicate…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will begin offering third doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to qualifying individuals on Monday, Sept. 27, at the Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock. This clinic also…

An oral antiviral therapeutic agent against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is being made available across the country. The agent is manufactured by Pfizer, and Phase 1 trials began in March. Studies have shown that the new antiviral agent…

Washington Regional announced Monday that all Washington Regional Urgent Care centers will offer the COVID-19 vaccine to people 18 years of age or older, free of charge.  The Moderna vaccine is offered every Wednesday at the Bentonville, Harrison, Rogers and…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will begin offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers age 12 to 15. UAMS will begin offering the vaccine to this age group of Thursday, May 13. The Pfizer vaccine was authorized…

Teenagers age 12 to 15 will now be able to obtain a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Arkansas. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced during a Tuesday afternoon press briefing that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was now approved for use for 12-15 year-olds in…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers 12 to 15 years of age. The federal agency expanded an existing emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, after determining that the vaccine met…

Effective Tuesday, March 2, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is expanding COVID-19 eligibility to include food manufacturing workers in Arkansas. Hutchinson is expanding the Phase 1B eligibility to include food manufacturing workers in the state. These workers in the meat processing, poultry…

On Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, the state collectively watched with bated breath as history unfolded before our eyes. After nearly a dozen long, arduous, pandemic-ridden months, the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered to a handful of frontline…

The State of Arkansas has received its first shipment of a newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, according to state officials. On Monday morning, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced via Twitter that the state had received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine.…