American Medical Association

He previously served as the executive director of Arkansas HOSA-Future Health Professionals. read more >

The governor's office said she backs the bill, which would make it easier to sue doctors who provide gender-affirming treatment to minors. read more >

The proposal, which has been endorsed by a Senate committee, would allow someone who received gender-affirming care as a minor to file a malpractice lawsuit against their doctor. read more >

U.S. District Judge Jay Moody, who is considering whether to strike down the law after hearing nearly two weeks of testimony, didn't indicate when he would rule. read more >

Arkansas' law, which was temporarily blocked last year, would prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18 years old. It also would prohibit doctors from referring patients elsewhere for such care. read more >

Dylan Brandt, 17, said his life has been transformed by the hormone therapy he's receiving and banning the treatment in Arkansas could force his family to leave. read more >

Ashley Nemec-Bakk is one of three researchers nationwide chosen for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine. read more >

A trial is scheduled for October before the same judge on whether to permanently block the law. read more >

Dr. Susan D. Emmett will be the director of the new Center for Hearing Health Equity at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. Emmett is an […] read more >

New restrictions on trangender minors have left the state a target of scorn and boycotts, and LGBTQ activists were calling the new legislation itself a hate crime. read more >

Republican governors in Oklahoma and Arkansas welcomed the Trump administration's offer of more control over Medicaid spending for some of their poorest residents, but it's unclear how many states will take it up. read more >

With medical marijuana expected to boom into a $100 million-a-year business in Arkansas within a year or two, medical clinics specializing in marijuana certifications are cropping up to handle the rush. read more >

After a years-long spree of hospitals eagerly hiring doctors and snapping up medical practices, the fever has broken, but the aftereffects are striking. read more >

Last week, the American Medical Association called gun violence “a public health crisis” and declared it would lobby Congress to repeal legislation prohibiting the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention from researching the issue. read more >

The Wall Street Journal has published a searchable database of information made public by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The list shows total Medicare payments to doctors and other health care providers across the country, including Arkansas, in 2012. read more >

The American Medical Association has called out a number of states, including Arkansas, for a lack of competition among large health insurers. read more >