Personal protective equipment has been in short supply, but will there be enough medical staff across the country to care for millions of sick patients? Help may soon be on the way.
Worldwide the number of reported infections hit another gloomy milestone — 1 million, with more than 53,000 deaths, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
As crews and residents keep on pushing through the debris left behind from Saturday’s tornado, more residents throughout Jonesboro continue to tell their survival stories.
Two nursing homes in Region 8 have a positive COVID-19 test, one in Greene County, Greene Acres in Paragould, and the Walnut Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center in Lawrence County.
The bleak news Thursday — 6.6 million new unemployment claims on top of 3.3 million last week — came as the competition for scarce ventilators, masks and other protective gear seemed to grow more desperate and deaths mounted.
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MICHAEL R. SISAK, LORI HINNANT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance announced that the Governor’s office has also temporarily waived the regulation requiring that a collaborating physician and APRN be within 75 miles of each other.
Nearly a week after an EF-3 tornado hammered the city of Jonesboro, both city and county leaders stressed the importance of working together and the support of volunteers in dealing with a very traumatic situation.
The Treasury announced in a reversal Wednesday, that Social Security beneficiaries who typically do not file a tax return will automatically receive the $1,200 payment.
The stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job cuts are mounting against the backdrop of economies in the United States and abroad that have almost certainly sunk into a severe recession as businesses have shut down across the world.
65 NEA standouts were selected in boys and girls across 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, & 1A. Arkansas State signee Caleb London earned All-State honors for the 3rd straight season. London led Conway to the 6A State Finals.
The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to give spring-sport athletes regardless of their year in school a way to get back the season they lost, but it did not guarantee financial aid to the current crop of seniors if they return to play next year.
Even as the virus has slowed its growth in overwhelmed Italy and in China, where it first emerged, hospitals in Spain and France are reaching their breaking points and the U.S. and Britain are bracing for incoming waves of desperately ill people.
A school with a campus in Blytheville is helping students with everything from food to learning as traditional classes are out due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The city of Jonesboro will remain under a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice. City officials said the curfew has helped both in tornado response and in the battle against COVID-19. No one should be on the streets during those hours unless they are traveling to or from work.
