by - October 21, 2024 12:54 pm
Votes for the Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024 will not be counted after the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Monday (Oct. 21) that the popular name and ballot title were misleading….
by - October 21, 2024 11:03 am
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2.9 million to Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) to examine how a critical therapy for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) might become…
by - October 15, 2024 11:40 am
Laurice Hachem, a philanthropist and real estate investor, has donated $1 million to the Arkansas Children’s Northwest expansion project, the Little Rock-based health care system announced Tuesday (Oct. 15). Hachem,…
by - October 10, 2024 8:23 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received $5 million in federal funding to address the drug and opioid crisis among youth in Arkansas. The award comes from appropriations…
by - October 10, 2024 4:19 pm
The prices of most goods and services ticked higher in September. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up 2.4% from the year-ago period, according to Thursday’s (Oct. 10) report from…
by - October 9, 2024 4:52 pm
The Sebastian County Opioid Task Force will receive a $625,000 federal grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program….
by - October 4, 2024 7:25 pm
Mercy has opened a 65 Prime+ clinic in Fort Smith that is focused on providing care to Medicare patients age 65 and older. The hospital system says it’s the first…
by - October 3, 2024 9:40 am
This summer the state’s healthcare industry suffered its first visible bruise from the clenched fists of private equity. Two hospitals serving Arkansas residents, Wadley Regional Medical Center facilities in Hope…
by - October 2, 2024 8:38 pm
The day after an advocacy group filed a lawsuit over the rejection of its signatures, the Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday (Oct. 2) ordered the disputed signatures of a proposed…
by - October 2, 2024 2:58 pm
Heartland Forward, a Bentonville-based policy think tank, has launched an initiative to expand telehealth access in Arkansas and Oklahoma by teaching area librarians how to prepare residents for a telehealth…
by - October 1, 2024 9:52 am
UAMS researcher Lu Huang, Ph.D., has received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his pursuit of a more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine. The…
by - September 30, 2024 6:16 pm
Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston on Monday (Sept. 30) informed representatives of a group seeking to make changes to the state’s medical marijuana amendment that it had failed to…
by - September 29, 2024 7:08 am
Award-winning author and journalist Sam Quinones will offer an in-depth look at the world of substance use and its disruptive effects on the U.S. in a presentation hosted by the…
by - September 25, 2024 3:12 pm
The Alice L. Walton Foundation, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Heartland Whole Health Institute are collaborating with Arkansas Children’s Northwest to explore ways the arts can improve health…
by - September 24, 2024 3:05 pm
The Alice L. Walton Foundation, Mercy, and Heartland Whole Health Institute have reached a 30-year agreement and will invest $700 million to expand access to health care, reduce costs, and…
by - September 20, 2024 12:13 pm
Tulsa-based Triad Eye Institute recently acquired the Northwest Arkansas operations of Vold Vision, purchased its Fayetteville clinic for $12.5 million and leased another in Bentonville. Dr. Steven Vold of Vold…
by - September 18, 2024 9:10 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a five-year $2,195,685 federal grant to study how modulating the body’s immune response may potentially benefit patients with certain eye diseases….
by - September 17, 2024 3:50 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive up to $2.4 million over the next four years to test prevention strategies for reducing high rates of maternal and…
by - September 12, 2024 10:45 am
Fayetteville nonprofit Nelms Dyslexia Center recently opened in a 10,500-square-foot building that was formerly a guitar store. The center provides dyslexia assessments, reading therapy, teacher training and information for families….
by - September 12, 2024 10:22 am
Arkansas is at the bottom of the barrel for Medicaid, commercial insurance, and self-insured employer reimbursement rates paid to healthcare providers, according to Larry Shackelford, CEO of Washington Regional Medical…
