by - April 9, 2024 12:10 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy herds in Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Idaho, and New Mexico….
by - April 8, 2024 6:59 pm
Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday (April 8) spoke with Northwest Arkansas health advocates about partnerships and funding the region receives…
by - April 7, 2024 10:51 am
Dr. Melissa Taverner, president of Lyon College in Batesville, said the timeline is still intact for a Little Rock campus for a dental and veterinarian school to receive its first…
by - April 6, 2024 11:07 am
Although I haven’t birthed a baby, I am a dad who has been at my wife’s side during two very emotional and tense deliveries for the births of my sons….
by - April 4, 2024 11:04 am
Springdale-based Community Clinic, one of Northwest Arkansas’s largest primary care providers, has acquired seven of the nine clinics previously owned by Community Physicians Group (CPG) of Siloam Springs. The acquisition…
by - April 2, 2024 10:36 am
Lyon College will receive $15 million in funding from the federal government that will be used to form the school’s new dental and veterinarian schools. The U.S. Senate approved a…
by - April 2, 2024 8:48 am
OrthoArkansas announced it has added a new Rheumatology Center with a team of rheumatology specialists with more than 20 years combined experience at the Little Rock-Midtown, North Little Rock and…
by - April 1, 2024 4:49 pm
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith announced Monday (April 1) that Jason Demke has joined the staff as the new chief operating officer. Demke replaces Ryan Geib, who left Mercy Fort Smith…
by - April 1, 2024 11:11 am
April marks Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about racial and ethnic health disparities faced across the United States. Arkansas is home to many diverse communities, and unfortunately,…
by - March 27, 2024 11:14 am
UAMS’ BioVentures has launched the ACTIVE Program in partnership with Little Rock-based The Venture Center to give socially and economically disadvantaged innovators (SEDI) in healthcare and technology opportunities to develop…
by - March 27, 2024 10:20 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a five-year, $11.48 million federal grant to create the Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer (CMIC)….
by - March 26, 2024 3:15 pm
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) at Arkansas State University’s Delta Population Health Institute (DPHI) has received a $114,380 grant from the Blue & You…
by - March 25, 2024 2:47 pm
CommonSpirit Health and Morehouse School of Medicine named CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs on Monday (March 25) as one of seven sites that will address a shortage of diverse clinicians…
by - March 24, 2024 11:23 am
Baptist Health Foundation recently added six new board members to help support its mission. The foundation was founded in 1963 and provides resources to a statewide system that has around…
by - March 24, 2024 10:56 am
CARTI is offering a plethora of new services through The Bridge, a multi-million dollar facility on its flagship Little Rock campus that provides educational programming, support groups, screenings, financial services,…
by - March 21, 2024 6:06 pm
Baptist Health has named Brandi Stewart the chief nursing officer for Baptist Health hospitals in Fort Smith and Van Buren as well as the system’s clinics in Fort Smith metro….
by - March 21, 2024 3:01 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Thursday (March 21) that his office is investigating Change Healthcare, Inc., which was hit with a major ransomware cyberattack in February. Change Healthcare, a…
by - March 18, 2024 6:53 pm
Just when the political ads have all but disappeared after the election this November, you will be bombarded with Medicare Advantage ads as open enrollment in the U.S. nears once…
by - March 18, 2024 11:27 am
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) enjoyed a 99% placement rate through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), the Jonesboro-based…
by - March 12, 2024 3:21 pm
Small Business Administrator Isabella Guzman announced Tuesday (March 12) the National Small Business Week award winners, including one from Jonesboro. “Our 2024 National Small Business Week award winners exemplify excellence,…
