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ADH Confirms First Measles Case in Arkansas

Posted on 4/11/2025
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has reported two confirmed pediatric measles cases in unvaccinated Arkansas residents, one from Saline County and one from Faulkner County.

ALC Approves Four More Hospital Applications for Emergency Aid Relief from ARPA Funds

Posted on 1/26/2024
The Arkansas Legislative Council approved four more applications for Emergency Aid Relief to Hospitals from the American Rescue Plan Act funds distributed to Arkansas...

CDC Launches Updated COVID-19 Website

Posted on 7/14/2023
As part of the CDC's ongoing efforts to make information on COVID-19 readily available and easier to find, especially as we enter the fall respiratory virus season, the organization has launched a new COVID-19 website...

Arkansas Department of Human Services Releases June Report On Medicaid Unwinding

Posted on 7/14/2023
This week, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) reported updated figures reflecting the third month of redeterminations as part of its six-month effort to unwind the Medicaid rolls...

EUA Revoked for Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine

Posted on 6/9/2023
On May 22, 2023, Janssen Biotech, Inc. requested the voluntary withdrawal of the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine...

CMS Releases Changes to COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Workers

Posted on 6/2/2023
CMS released regulatory changes to the COVID-19 health care staff vaccination requirements and long-term care facility testing requirements...

Arkansas Department of Health Announces Changes to COVID-19 Reporting Requirements

Posted on 6/2/2023
Now that the PHE has ended, negative COVID-19 test results no longer need to be reported to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH)...

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

Posted on 5/12/2023
Resources for hospitals at the close of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

CDC Updates Masking Guidelines for Health Care Facilities

Posted on 5/12/2023
The revised infection prevention guidelines continue to recommend universal masking under specific circumstances, including in work units or areas of a facility experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.

New CDC MMWR Explores COVID-19 Surveillance Methods After the End of the Public Health Emergency

Posted on 5/5/2023
After the COVID-19 public health emergency ends on May 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will use COVID-19-associated hospital admission levels as the primary indicator ...

FDA Updates EUA for Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines

Posted on 4/25/2023
The FDA amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines to simplify the vaccination schedule ...

FDA Updates Use Recommendations for Halyard Surgical N95 Respirators

Posted on 4/25/2023
The FDA has announced that health care providers without alternative options may continue to use a certain version of the O&M Halyard FLUIDSHIELD Surgical N95 Respirator Mask for fluid barrier protection if they wear a face shield ...

FDA Authorizes Bivalent Pfizer COVID Vaccine as Booster Dose for Certain Children 6 Mo - 4Yrs

Posted on 3/17/2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent to provide for a single booster dose of the vaccine in children 6 months through 4 years of age at least 2

FDA Revises Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheets

Posted on 3/17/2023
In other COVID-19 vaccine news, the Janssen "COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine (Vaccination Providers)" was revised to include a warning conveying that reports of adverse events following use of the vaccine ..

COVID-19 News, Week of 3/6/23

Posted on 3/10/2023
A roundup of the week's news related to COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 News, Week of 1/30/23

Posted on 2/3/2023
A roundup of the week's news related to COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 News, Week of 1/23/23

Posted on 1/27/2023
A roundup of the week's news related to COVID-19 ...