by - March 1, 2023 1:54 pm
A cross-specialty team of medical providers has opened a new critical care clinic in Fayetteville. The Cleft and Craniofacial Center of NWA is now open at 3394 N. Futrall Drive….
by - February 28, 2023 6:01 pm
The state of Arkansas announced Tuesday (Feb. 28) a new partnership between nearly 30 organizations that will work together to bring a technology-focused, digital marketing approach to recruiting and supporting…
by - February 27, 2023 4:49 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Monday (Feb. 27) that she will appoint Dr. Kay Chandler to serve as the Arkansas Surgeon General. Dr. Greg Bledsoe, who held the post during the…
by - February 23, 2023 4:54 pm
The Newport Economic Development Commission (NEDC) was awarded $2.518 million through mediation related to two separate lawsuits filed after the relocation of a medical marijuana cultivator previously located in Newport….
by - February 22, 2023 11:06 am
Nonprofit American Lung Association recently released its annual “State of Tobacco Control” report that shows Arkansas with three failing grades. The 2023 report evaluates state and federal actions to eliminate…
by - February 21, 2023 1:37 pm
Delta Dental of Arkansas announced Tuesday (Feb. 21) the promotion of Sharon Lanier, Ph.D., to executive director of the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, effective immediately. She previously served as…
by - February 19, 2023 9:06 am
Senate President Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, said if the omnibus education reforms championed by Gov. Sarah Sanders exceed her estimated $300 million price tag, lawmakers will find the money to…
by - February 18, 2023 9:44 am
Retailers seem to agree that one sector that’s ripe for disruption is healthcare. Multiple companies are making moves to fill the gaps they see by investing in providing health and…
by - February 17, 2023 2:06 pm
Arkansas would charge drug dealers with murder if they deliver drugs that cause an overdose death, while those who traffic fentanyl to children would be charged with life in prison…
by - February 16, 2023 10:10 am
Searcy-based healthcare provider Unity Health held a grand opening celebration Wednesday (Feb. 15) for its new state-of-the-art hospital in Jacksonville. Phase one of Unity Health-Jacksonville, which is slated to open…
by - February 15, 2023 1:49 pm
The National Institutes of Health awarded $2.5 million to the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute for a study to reduce long-term side effects for survivors of the most common form of…
by - February 15, 2023 1:42 pm
Arkansas State University has received a $136,000 grant for its Diversifying our Curing Community (DOCC) program from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas. It’s the second year…
by - February 15, 2023 1:25 pm
The state of Arkansas will ask the Biden administration for a waiver allowing it to require Medicaid expansion beneficiaries to work. Unlike the state’s previous attempt at a work requirement,…
by - February 14, 2023 9:20 pm
Troy Wells, president and CEO of Baptist Health in Little Rock, has been named to the Health Care Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Wells’ appointment…
by - February 13, 2023 10:02 am
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) announced Monday (Feb. 13) the hiring of Dr. Sharmila Makhija as its founding dean and CEO. Makhija will begin the job in…
by - February 11, 2023 10:53 am
Kenley Money, director of information systems architecture for the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, has been elected board chair of the National Association of Health Data Organizations for 2023. Money,…
by - February 9, 2023 6:56 pm
HealthTech Arkansas and Kx Advisors have partnered to provide support to the biotherapeutics startup companies participating in the BioAR Trial accelerator program, the two groups announced Thursday (Feb. 9). Kx…
by - February 8, 2023 4:41 pm
Recent extreme winter weather has not slowed the progress of a major expansion of Mercy Fort Smith, but inflation has added more than $20 million to the hospital project that…
by - February 7, 2023 10:33 am
Many who live in rural parts of the Natural State were hesitant to take any of the COVID-19 vaccines offered after the pandemic engulfed the world in 2020. This was…
by - January 31, 2023 12:47 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. was inducted into The Anderson Assembly at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after giving $1 million to the cancer center….
