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Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (MMC) Director Doralee Chandler has revoked the cultivation license of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR). Her action was procedural and followed a Nov. 3 court…
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CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs landed a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve access to high-quality prenatal care for pregnant women across…
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A faculty researcher at Arkansas State University will continue his study of how breast cancer cells behave with assistance from a new grant. Dr. Guolei Zhou, professor of cell biology,…
by - November 24, 2022 10:50 am
Chris Thompson took his first drink when he was 19. Over the next five years, he began cutting himself off from friends and family, and the isolation fueled his alcohol…
by - November 23, 2022 10:11 am
Dr. Cheryl Pegus, who joined Walmart in December 2020 to head up the retail giant’s health and wellness division, has exited the company to take a position at JP Morgan’s…
by - November 23, 2022 9:47 am
Fayetteville-based digital healthcare company CardioWise was named a rising star in a health technology awards program hosted by an affiliate of the University of California. San Francisco-based nonprofit UCSF Health…
by - November 21, 2022 4:37 pm
The future of 75 jobs and an $8 million marijuana cultivation center in Fort Smith was the focus of continued legal filings in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, with attorneys…
by - November 21, 2022 9:51 am
Boston-based SingleCare Services LLC recently named Nikki Smith, a pharmacy technician at Walmart on Mall Avenue in Fayetteville, the best technician for service in the United States. SingleCare, a free…
by - November 19, 2022 10:12 am
Robby Knight, co-founder and CEO of Bentonville-based healthcare technology startup Soda Health, wants to help people overcome challenges and improve their lives. It’s the startup’s aim as it targets health…
by - November 17, 2022 5:51 pm
Baptist Health named April Bennett, MSN, CHFP, RN, as the new president of Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway. The announcement was made Thursday (Nov. 17). Serving as the hospital’s chief nursing…
by - November 16, 2022 6:25 pm
Officials with Mercy Fort Smith and Fort Smith Mayor George McGill gathered on a cold Wednesday (Nov. 16) to break ground on a $3.6 million primary care clinic at 4600…
by - November 16, 2022 5:03 pm
Dr. Christine Hartford, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, is warning local residents to get the…
by - November 15, 2022 10:54 am
Officials with the planned Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville are working through the lengthy accreditation process, a requirement the school must have in hand when it graduates…
by - November 15, 2022 10:30 am
Walmart has reached a settlement in litigation relating to the national opioid epidemic totaling $3.1 billion. The settlement will effectively resolve all opioid lawsuits by state, local and tribal governments,…
by - November 15, 2022 10:03 am
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a new $2.4 million federal grant to study genetic systems of the bacterium that causes tick-borne relapsing fever…
by - November 14, 2022 8:47 am
FemHealth Founders (FHF), a female-led organization in Northwest Arkansas looking to help other women’s healthcare startups in the heartland, is eager to host its inaugural eight-week pilot accelerator. After the…
by - November 13, 2022 9:57 am
The answer to a question in 2013 over bourbon pecan pie at Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith helped plant an idea. It would be one of five parts of…
by - November 7, 2022 4:51 pm
Opponents of Issue 4, which would legalize adult use cannabis for those over 21, made a final plea to Arkansas voters Monday (Nov. 7) at a state capitol press conference…
by - November 7, 2022 9:37 am
Lyon College, in collaboration with OneHealth Education Group, announced its plans in April to develop Arkansas’s first dental and veterinary medicine schools. Recently, Lyon College and the University of Arkansas…
by - November 6, 2022 2:57 pm
Eligible veterans will be qualified for free dental treatment on Veterans Day, Nov. 10, as part of a new initiative known as Operation Stand Down. Delta Dental of Arkansas, the…
