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Arkansas medical marijuana sales through October total $227.8 million, down 2.65% compared with $234 million in the same period of 2023, according to information provided Wednesday (Nov. 20) by the…
by - November 19, 2024 3:31 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education has officially opened its Biomedical Resource Center and the Center for Rehabilitation Research to focus on “innovative therapies” and “impactful studies.” The two centers…
by - November 19, 2024 1:52 pm
The Doula Alliance of Arkansas announced Tuesday (Nov. 19) Lori Ross as its founding executive director. With three decades of leadership experience in the medical and nonprofit sectors, Ross brings…
by - November 18, 2024 12:42 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro will open the first Maternal Life360 HOME in Arkansas this month and will begin providing…
by - November 14, 2024 4:08 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council held its annual fall meeting Wednesday (Nov. 13) and approved the slate of officers who will serve on its executive committee for the next year. The…
by - November 14, 2024 2:20 pm
Methodist Family Health, a statewide continuum of care providing psychiatric, behavioral and emotional services to children and their families who are abandoned, abused and neglected, recently purchased the facility in…
by - November 13, 2024 8:02 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council on Wednesday (Nov. 13) released a 44-page report that provides a roadmap toward transforming healthcare in Benton and Washington counties, and updated the progress made since…
by - November 13, 2024 12:58 pm
Over the past nine months, a renovation has transformed the 30,000-square-foot former home office of Beverly Enterprises near Central Mall in Fort Smith into the largest early intervention day treatment…
by - November 12, 2024 3:24 pm
Average salaries would increase 9.8% for 14,539 state employees, or about two-thirds of cabinet agencies’ total workforce, under a $102 million state employee pay plan announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) by…
by - November 12, 2024 2:17 pm
The Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $11 million in federal grants to create a gastroenterology clinic and endoscopy center in the nearby Freeway Medical…
by - November 11, 2024 9:12 am
Reuben McDaniel has come full circle. He grew up in Austin, Texas, and in 1995, as a young investment banker with a master’s degree in business administration from the University…
by - November 8, 2024 2:14 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is expanding its health care training programs to meet area demand for health care professionals. NWACC recently added a phlebotomy program and will start three more…
by - November 7, 2024 5:49 pm
Arkansas health care providers have put many of the challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic behind them, but like a virus that adapts to new conditions, the hurdles facing…
by - November 4, 2024 8:09 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Monday (Nov. 4) that Arkansas will receive up to $13,535,086.30 as its share of a $1.37 billion settlement with Arkansas, 29 other states, and…
by - November 4, 2024 3:58 pm
Frisco, Texas-based medical real estate company Prime Healthcare Properties recently broke ground on a 15,000-square-foot medical office building at Promenade Boulevard and Oak Street in Rogers. It’s the first phase…
by - November 1, 2024 3:14 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team is examining the critical knowledge gap in cefiderocol resistance. Cefiderocol is an antibiotic designed to treat complicated urinary tract infections,…
by - November 1, 2024 3:02 pm
The Nabholz Charitable Foundation has donated $1 million towards Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s historic expansion project. Nabholz has been a long-standing partner of Arkansas Children’s since the 1970s, when founder Bob…
by - October 30, 2024 6:06 pm
Healthcare was one of three topics discussed at the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit held in Rogers, Oct. 28-29. It was the 11th year for the annual event that drew more…
by - October 29, 2024 7:25 pm
CHI St. Vincent has appointed Chief Nurse Executive Angie Longing as president of CHI St. Vincent Morrilton. In her new position, Longing will continue to serve as chief nurse executive…
by - October 29, 2024 10:29 am
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) in Bentonville has secured preliminary accreditation status by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the school announced Tuesday (Oct. 29). This milestone…
