by - February 18, 2021 3:38 pm
Business and healthcare leaders highlighted Thursday (Feb. 18) the success of a healthcare program to combat the spread of COVID-19, a new five-year plan of the Walton Family Foundation and…
by - February 17, 2021 11:04 am
On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take additional measures to protect workers from…
by - February 16, 2021 4:25 pm
This week’s unusually extreme winter weather may have stopped many from getting their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but there is no need to worry, according to Rep. Dr….
by - February 15, 2021 4:33 pm
New COVID-19 confirmed and probable cases rose by only 320, well below the 672 on the previous Monday thanks in large part to low testing numbers because of severe winter…
by - February 15, 2021 12:32 pm
Three finalists for the Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions will make visits to Arkansas State University during the next two weeks. The chair of the search,…
by - February 15, 2021 9:48 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center has a received a $1.5 million federal grant to evaluate the performance of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program…
by - February 12, 2021 2:57 pm
Baptist Health Urgent Care will open its second Fort Smith location in April at 1910 S. Zero St. The center will be open seven days a week and offer evening…
by - February 11, 2021 4:42 pm
Almost 16,000 vaccines were administered in Arkansas in the past 24 hours, and active COVID-19 cases are down significantly week-over-week, according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The ADH…
by - February 11, 2021 1:55 pm
The Delta Caucus has received several reports that people in some east Arkansas counties are using a parasitic worm treatment to treat COVID-19. In Arkansas, Prairie, and White counties, several…
by - February 11, 2021 9:40 am
Fort Smith-based nonprofit Harbor House Inc., a certified behavioral health agency, recently hired Carl Norris as CEO. Norris, a longtime Fort Smith resident and consultant for the nonprofit’s board of…
by - February 10, 2021 6:21 pm
A bill to abolish abortions in Arkansas sailed through the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Wednesday (Feb. 10). SB 6, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act, would…
by - February 10, 2021 3:48 pm
New and active COVID-19 cases continued to trend lower and the number of vaccines distributed topped 425,000, according to Wednesday’s (Feb. 10) report from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH)….
by - February 9, 2021 3:56 pm
Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies in Arkansas will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible customers in select locations on Friday (Feb. 12) as part of an expanded federal effort to…
by - February 9, 2021 3:42 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) COVID-19 modeling update suggests virus variants could result in more hospitalizations and deaths. Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero is not…
by - February 9, 2021 2:51 pm
Medical device startup Lapovations LLC of Fayetteville recently announced it has been registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), launched its flagship product AbGrab and recorded the first…
by - February 8, 2021 6:57 pm
Baptist Health-Fort Smith and Mercy Fort Smith announced Monday (Feb. 8) a collaboration to invest $1 million in healthcare science programming at the Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center….
by - February 8, 2021 6:56 pm
Bills meant to exempt businesses from being penalized for their customers’ behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect medical providers’ “right of conscience” advanced through the Senate Public Health,…
by - February 8, 2021 3:44 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) on Monday (Feb. 8) reported 637 new COVID-19 cases, well below the 1,226 reported on the previous Monday. Total testing in the past 24…
by - February 6, 2021 12:42 pm
Cory Davis has been named CEO of the North Little Rock-based Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH), a subsidiary of Montrose Environmental Group. Davis, an internationally recognized scientific consultant,…
by - February 5, 2021 12:18 pm
A federal court in east Texas has tossed Walmart’s preemptive suit filed in October against the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency about the roles and…
