Dr. Jose Romero

A recent report on the percentage of Arkansas residents with medical marijuana cards required vastly more effort than previously. read more >

Dr. Samuel Baxter, an orthopedic surgeon, has joined the medical staff at Arkansas Surgical Hospital of North Little Rock. read more >

The 108-day Arkansas legislative session that wrapped up last week was dominated by culture war issues and the coronavirus pandemic, but lawmakers took up a long list of other items, including voting law changes, an increase in teacher salaries and tax cuts. read more >

Arkansas' top health official was confirmed by the state Senate despite pushback from some Republican lawmakers over the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. read more >

Arkansas' COVID-19 hospitalizations again hit a new high on Tuesday, as Gov. Asa Hutchinson resisted calls for new restrictions on businesses or gatherings to combat a surge in coronavirus cases. read more >

Arkansas surpasses 1,000 total deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus, including more than 100 newly-counted fatalities from probable cases over the past several weeks. read more >

Arkansas health officials say their biggest growth in new coronavirus cases is among college-aged people as the number of active infections at the University of Arkansas' main campus approached 1,000. read more >

Arkansas reports its largest single-day increase in deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus, while the number of active cases at the University of Arkansas' Fayetteville campus jumped to nearly 400. read more >

Arkansas on Tuesday reported 17 more deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus, though the state saw a drop in new confirmed cases along with tests conducted. read more >

Dr. Jessica Snowden, has been named chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >