The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education reports 0 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases on campus for the week ending on May 23, 2021. The cumulative recovered definitive positive COVID-19 cases is 74.
More than 500 residents received their first round of coronavirus vaccinations at the Fort Smith Convention Center on Wednesday. Mayor George McGill said it was a grassroots effort to help reach minority groups and people in impoverished neighborhoods who might not have easy access to vaccines.
House Bill 1021 by Rep. Joe Cloud, R-Russellville, would provide a $30,000 college scholarship for Arkansas residents who complete their undergraduate training in two years and have completed their first year at the state’s three medical schools.
Those schools are the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith, and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University.
