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The devices will be used to monitor potentially hazardous toxins that can leach into surface and groundwater.

UAMS received a $255,000 grant to fund 25 AmeriCorps VISTA positions throughout Arkansas.

The partnership between UAMS, Howard University and the University of California, Los Angeles will collect real-time community-level health data from residents of the Arkansas Delta.

Arkansas continues to see skyrocketing COVID hospitalizations as the omicron variant surge lingers. To help support hospitals that are close to capacity, the governor is calling for funds to purchase more medical and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds. Comments from Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Secretary of Health José Romero.

COVID-19 continues spreading rapidly. The state reported nearly 13,000 new infections on Thursday, another record.

All intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients in Arkansas are full, with those people making up roughly half of all ICU patients in the state. That’s according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who said in his weekly coronavirus briefing Tuesday the state’s hospital capacity is at its lowest point since the pandemic began.

Some Arkansans may have one less reason to be reluctant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it had given full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine.

UAMS Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson discusses the surge in COVID-19 cases in Arkansas.

UAMS Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson discusses the surge in COVID-19 cases in Arkansas.

Britni Ayers, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine at UAMS Northwest uses a community-engaged approach, working with UAMS Marshallese...