For over three months now, Arkansas’ active COVID-19 cases continued to be on a steady decline and hospitalizations have seen slight periodic increases, according to the state Department of Health (ADOH).
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and for the occasion, various schools across Northeast Arkansas will host “Pink-Out” games, all to raise awareness for the disease.
In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care plans will now cover abortion for employees “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability.”
More than 300 facilities are now operating in Missouri as cultivators, manufacturers, dispensaries, testing laboratories, transporters, and seed-to-sale providers.
At least 2.6 million kids have received a shot, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said Wednesday, with 1.7 million doses administered in the last week alone.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world’s population.
The trial, called the AHEAD Study, plans to enroll people between the ages of 55 and 80 to test whether symptoms of Alzheimer's disease can be delayed or prevented.
ASIST, which stands for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, offered a face-to-face workshop Tuesday featuring powerful discussions and simulations on how to handle a situation where someone could harm themselves.
Arkansas state health officials are working to get COVID-19 vaccination doses available for children but as of Wednesday morning, the doses are available at roughly half of the state’s Local Health Units.
Months after announcing it would require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, St. Bernards Healthcare said nearly all of its staff has complied.
AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker that developed one of the first COVID-19 vaccines, has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the emergency use of an antibody treatment to prevent the disease.
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report published Tuesday, vaccinations were linked to a reduction of about 39,000 deaths in Medicare beneficiaries between January and May.
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