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There were 17 patients in COVID-19 wards across Washington and Benton Counties on Tuesday, which is a significant drop from the early January average of 128 COVID-19 patients per days. Hospitalizations have also fallen across the state, but at his weekly coronavirus response briefing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged Arkansans not to become complacent about taking precautions against the virus. The governor said he s most concerned about the increase numbers of COVID-19 variants that are being detected in more than a dozen states and several countries in Europe. Dr.
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The new Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, which recently opened for classes, was formally dedicated last week. The facility is the first tribally affiliated medical school in the country with a focus on educating primary care physicians who are interested in serving rural and underserved populations in Oklahoma.
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Brittany Diaz is a traveling ICU nurse who has worked in hospitals in New York City, Northwest Arkansas, and Dallas, Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes her experiences on the frontlines of the health crisis and discusses the emotional toll caring for COVID-19 patients is taking on her and her colleagues across the country.