The analysis by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement provides more evidence that health services in northwest Arkansas have been strained by recent demand.
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Attorneys disagreed over whether the ruling will allow the state to begin enforcing the law.
Clinton signed the bill into law on Feb. 5, 1993. read more >
States have imposed restrictions on abortion pills, but there's a court battle over whether they have the power to do so in defiance of U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy. read more >
Newer and tougher penalties are meant to reduce improper charges on the taxpayers' tab for Medicare Advantage care. read more >
The marijuana-derived products have become increasingly popular in lotions, tinctures and foods, while their legal status has been murky in the U.S. read more >
Benjamin Gregory, Aaron Sanderson, Sam McGuire and Betsy Offutt have all been promoted. read more >
The government worked with nonprofit groups and invested in program specialists who helped to sign people up in low-income, immigrant, Black and Latino communities to enroll more people. read more >
The FDA will ask its panel of outside vaccine experts to weigh in at a meeting Thursday. read more >
The free program, known as Children's Lives Include Moments of Bravery, or CLIMB, is set to begin Feb. 8. read more >
Dr. Martha Estrada and Dr. Wen Chien Hsi have joined the staff at UAMS. read more >
Nineteen limited liability companies purchased the 216-unit apartment complex at at 5500 Highland Drive in Little Rock. read more >
A critical need for veterinarians has two Arkansas schools seeking a solution. read more >
Apartments, commercial land, schools, storage units and more in this week's million-dollar deals and construction. read more >
Disgraced former Arkansas nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz recently was hit with a $8.4 million judgment. read more >
Automation, outsourcing and lower unionization rates in traditional union strongholds, like auto manufacturing, are among the reasons for the steady decline. But states have also chipped away at unions' power. read more >
An unusually fast start to the annual U.S. flu season, plus a spike in other respiratory illnesses, created a surge in demand for fever relievers. read more >
Kranz comes to Conway Regional from Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana. He first day was Dec. 27. read more >
She was previously chief clinical officer, a role now held by Dr. Ahmed Abuabdouha. read more >
The lawsuit against Sebastian County accuses the jail and its medical provider of neglecting Price as he ate and drank less over the course of a year and his weight dropped from 185 pounds to 90 pounds. read more >
As vice president, Siems will help lead the society to serve professionals in the communications industry by providing community and professional development. read more >
Health care, including costs, is the second-most frequently mentioned priority. read more >
Tarpley has been the executive director of the Arkansas State Dental Association for 25 years. read more >
While the travel nurse boom might be over, the high demand for health care workers means lucrative opportunities. read more >
One lawsuit against AmerisourceBergen was filed last month by Manes' Pharmacy Inc., which operates Super-Sav Drug #3 in Van Buren. read more >
Arkansas' two osteopathic medical schools are flexing their young muscles, sending hundreds of graduates into new residency programs and starting to ease a long-term physicians shortage. read more >
The $24 million Sevier County Medical Center near De Queen is on standby to begin delivering health care services any day now. read more >
More than two dozen bills seeking to restrict transgender health care access have been introduced across 11 states — Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia — for the legislative sessions beginning in early 2023. read more >
Doctors say the longstanding practice of "watchful waiting," or delaying treatment to see whether children and teens outgrow or overcome obesity on their own, only worsens the problem. read more >
Soffe said he hopes to develop not just a dental school, but a "dental home safety net" for the entire state. read more >
Major drugstore chains have raised pay and dangled signing bonuses to add employees. They're also emphasizing the lunch breaks and sending routine prescription work to other locations to improve conditions in their pandemic-battered pharmacies. read more >
The agency says reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. read more >
