by - August 11, 2016 4:08 pm
Two Arkansas providers are receiving $1.755 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2016 to reduce chronic health problems. Augusta-based ARCARE is receiving $900,000, while Lake Village-based Greater Delta Alliance…
by - August 11, 2016 4:08 pm
Two Arkansas providers are receiving $1.755 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2016 to reduce chronic health problems. Augusta-based ARCARE is receiving $900,000, while Lake Village-based Greater Delta Alliance…
by - August 11, 2016 3:16 pm
Recruiting doctors to Northwest Arkansas is a constant challenge. That’s why the Walmart Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to the new Northwest Arkansas Community Internal Medicine Residency Program. Foundation…
by - August 10, 2016 1:57 pm
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by - August 9, 2016 8:00 pm
The number of individuals who qualify for the state’s Arkansas Works program cannot be capped under federal law, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wrote in an opinion released Monday. Rutledge was…
by - August 9, 2016 7:54 pm
Under public and government pressures to reduce the use antibiotics in meat production, Cargill said Tuesday (Aug. 9) it recently ended the use of gentamicin, an antibiotic used in humans…
by - August 9, 2016 7:54 pm
Under public and government pressures to reduce the use antibiotics in meat production, Cargill said Tuesday (Aug. 9) it recently ended the use of gentamicin, an antibiotic used in humans…
by - August 9, 2016 7:17 pm
Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith joined with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) on Tuesday, Aug. 9, for a groundbreaking ceremony on a $7.9 million, 13,500 square-foot facility at Chaffee Crossing….
by - August 9, 2016 5:03 pm
Arkansas State University hopes to build an expansive disaster training facility at the Walnut Ridge Airport and at a site near Imboden. ASU Disaster Preparedness program Director Dr. Debbie Persell…
by - August 9, 2016 4:57 pm
In Tuesday’s Talk Business & Politics Daily digital newscast, Arkansas State University system president Dr. Charles “Chuck” Welch answers questions tied to a new osteopathic medicine school, Dr. Tim Hudson’s…
by - August 8, 2016 4:36 pm
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation is joining with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce in opposing two medical marijuana initiatives that are likely to be on the ballot this November….
by - August 8, 2016 3:53 pm
The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) is a year away from opening its doors to its inaugural class of 150, but there is already activity on the sprawling 227-acre…
by - August 8, 2016 3:31 pm
Pediatrics Plus, an Arkansas-based pediatric health care provider, will on Wednesday (Aug. 10) host a grand opening for its newly expanded Conway facility. The 40,000-square-foot facility includes a multi-purpose room…
by - August 8, 2016 3:31 pm
Pediatrics Plus, an Arkansas-based pediatric health care provider, will on Wednesday (Aug. 10) host a grand opening for its newly expanded Conway facility. The 40,000-square-foot facility includes a multi-purpose room…
by - August 8, 2016 3:28 pm
The Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI), a research center on the Arkansas Children’s Hospital campus, has received a $9.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a…
by - August 6, 2016 10:37 am
A death call led Shelby Armstrong to her calling in life. Her father, Dr. Larry Armstrong, wanted her to sit-in while he consulted with a family that was about to…
by - August 5, 2016 7:24 pm
Arkansas Children’s Hospital has officially launched a $70 million capital building campaign for the new hospital under construction in Springdale. The campaign, “Care Close to Home,” has already garnered $53…
by - August 5, 2016 4:51 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to set limits on non-economic damages and would limit attorneys’ fees has collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In…
by - August 4, 2016 1:11 pm
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is one of only three hospitals in Arkansas to make the U.S. News & World Report annual “Best Hospitals” list. The hospital comes in second and…
by - August 4, 2016 1:11 pm
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is one of only three hospitals in Arkansas to make the U.S. News & World Report annual “Best Hospitals” list. The hospital comes in second and…
