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Updated: 2 hours ago
|By WLBT.com Staff
The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi continues to rise.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Amanda Hanson
Dr. Lee Beers, former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, joined Action News 5′s Andrew Douglas at the digital desk to talk about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in kids 5 to 11.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
Though it’s still extremely high, it’s significantly lower than the record-breaking rate of 43.1% reported for the week of Dec. 26.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Camille Connor
Can cannabis prevent COVID-19? That’s the question people are asking ever since a research study was released this month.
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Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Briseida Holguin
Despite the aggressive transmission of the omicron variant of the virus, one local school district is once again dropping its mask requirement.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:56 PM CST
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 11:56 AM CST
|By Sharie Nicole
The hybrid scheduling option is available immediately and will extend through March 11, 2022.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 11:37 AM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
Shelby County Health Department reports 1,554 new COVID-19 cases in Shelby County.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 8:01 PM CST
|By Brandon Richard
The Shelby County Commission approved an emergency request from the Shelby County Health Department to purchase 90,000 at-home testing kits.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 1:19 PM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
Infectious disease expert Dr. Steve Threlkeld will hold a COVID-19 Q&A at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon.
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Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 11:05 AM CST
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Several Northeast Arkansas school districts continue to report positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 7:08 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
A special committee will meet Wednesday to improve access to testing.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:40 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
A new government website launched one day early for Americans to order free at-home COVID-19 tests.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 5:11 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
Government staff in rural areas are being hit hard by the wave in omicron cases. With a smaller pool of employees, local mayors say even a small surge in cases has an impact.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 1:11 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
A medical expert says healthcare workers and physicians are quitting at high volumes in what many are calling the “great resignation”.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 10:37 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported 1,052 newly confirmed cases with no additional deaths Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 9:11 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Starting Tuesday, students and employees of Shelby County Schools can begin weekly testing for coronavirus.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 4:45 PM CST
|By Brandon Richard
The latest data from the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) shows the average number of new COVID-19 cases has declined for the second week in a row.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 12:41 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported another 1,613 COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 9:12 AM CST
|By Shyra Sherfield
Arkansas Department of Health is making free COVID-19 test kits available to anyone in need.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 7:55 AM CST
|By Camille Connor
The Biden administration purchased 500 million tests last month that will be free for Americans who order them through the online portal.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2022 at 2:51 PM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
The Shelby County Health Department reports 2,056 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2022 at 3:27 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 2,235 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2022 at 2:46 PM CST
|By Brandon Richard
A line of cars stretched over a half-mile long on Saturday at a free COVID-19 test giveaway at Springdale Baptist Church in Memphis.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 9:51 PM CST
|By Bria Bolden
COVID testing kits are hot items across the country and the Mid-South.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 4:44 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
The Better Business Bureau is sounding the alarm on the possibility of pop-up fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites. The organization said a little bit of work before getting your test can help with any major headaches brought about by scammers.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 4:20 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly weighing whether to update mask recommendations to encourage people to wear KN95 or N95 masks.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 12:27 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer of District 7 will be giving away free COVID-19 home test on Saturday, January 15.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 11:20 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department has reported a recent drop in the COVID-19 test positivity rate.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 9:59 PM CST
|By Bria Bolden
A big setback for the Biden Administration Thursday.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 5:07 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Currently, 770 patients are being treated.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 4:53 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
While COVID-19 case numbers and positivity rates are going down, hospitalizations are going up. Now, there are more COVID-19 patients in Shelby County hospitals than ever before.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 10:13 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 2,549 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 4:26 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The hits keep coming for Arkansas as the fight against Covid-19 amps up.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 6:44 PM CST
|By Briseida Holguin
Memphis city officials say as of Tuesday, a total of 450 employees have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 11:08 AM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
Infectious disease expert Dr. Steve Threlkeld held COVID Q&A Wednesday afternoon to discuss the current state of the pandemic in Shelby County.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 9:08 AM CST
|By Shyra Sherfield
The health department is making the Pfizer booster shot available to more children in Shelby County as schools start up after the holidays and the omicron variant spreads.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 8:11 AM CST
|By Talya Faggart
The increase in COVID-19 activity and hospitalizations have Mississippi officials returning back to their COVID-19 health plan.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 7:47 AM CST
|By Talya Faggart
About 25% of hospitals in Tennessee are facing critical staffing shortages according to the latest federal health care data.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 8:20 PM CST
|By Brandon Richard
An Action News 5 analysis of federal healthcare data found 25% of hospitals in Tennessee are facing critical staffing shortages.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 5:45 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
Some Mid-South schools are moving classes online. It’s an effect, for some an expected effect, of the highly contagious omicron strain.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 1:28 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson held his weekly briefing Tuesday to discuss the state’s response to the omicron variant as cases rage across the natural state.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 12:46 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
As of Tuesday, only about 19% of school-aged children account for the county’s active cases.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 10:52 AM CST
|By Shyra Sherfield
Helena-West Helena and Wynne Public Schools are both shifting to alternative learning methods because of increasing COVID-19 cases in the districts.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:53 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
Healthcare fields across the board are reporting labor shortages. So, some programs across the Mid-South are accelerating to get more people on the job quicker.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 4:58 PM CST
|By Olivia Gunn
Collierville High School will transition to remote learning Tuesday, January 11 through Friday, January 14.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 3:39 PM CST
|By Camille Connor
The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) now authorizes children ages 12 to 15 years old to receive a Pfizer booster shot.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 3:19 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder gave an update on the status of COVID-19 hospitalizations within the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare System and addressed the state of therapeutics.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 2:59 PM CST
|By Olivia Gunn
The Cross County School District will implement a mask policy Tuesday, January 11.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 10:24 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The county is seeing about 2,555 cases per day according to the rolling seven-day average.