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Governor talks COVID-19 vaccines for 12+ and plans for $5 billion in federal aid Governor Hutchinson talks about plans for American Rescue Plan funds. Anxious Arkansas parents hoping to secure COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 12 and up have just a tiny bit longer to wait. Governor Hutchinson announced Tuesday that we’re still waiting on guidance from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) before 12- to 15-year-olds can roll up their sleeves for a first shot of the Pfizer vaccine that’s been cleared for use in adolescents. The advisory...

30:40 Hear KUAR's live broadcast of Tuesday's press conference on the pandemic by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged Arkansans on Tuesday to still get the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines despite Johnson and Johnson distribution pause Credit Governor's Office / YouTube Arkansas is among states pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reports of people developing unusual blood clots. This comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced they were investigating six cases of women who developed cerebral venous sinus thr...

Another 180,000 Arkansans are newly eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccines as the state fully opens up Phase 1B of its vaccination schedule . Gov. Asa

Almost half of Arkansans age 70-plus have received first COVID shot, state says Arkansas Nonprofit News Network February 27, 202110:45 pm THE SHOT: Jennifer Roberts, assistant director of the pharmacy at UAMS, displays a vial of the Pfizer vaccine. Bryan Clifton, UAMS About 49% of all people in Arkansas age 70 or older have now received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine, according to numbers provided by the Arkansas Department of Health on Friday. About 22% of that age group have received their second dose as well. Both of the vaccines ...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson We are in our second month of inoculating Arkansans against COVID-19 and today I’d like to talk about the progress we are making. We have received nearly 473,000 doses of the vaccine and we have administered right at 252,000 of the first dose. Arkansas ranks in the top 15 states in the number of doses administered and we are also giving out the second dose of the vaccine on schedule with a separate supply for the second dose. Our goal is to vaccinate all those who are eligible in the 1-A category by the end of January. This includes health care workers, nursing home r...