The following is the introduction from the World Health Organization's Director-General's opening remarks during today's media briefing on COVID-19:
"Good afternoon.
"In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled.
"There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives.
"Thousands more are fighting for their lives in hospitals.
Alexander Burnett, MD, a gynecologic surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is one of only a handful of surgeons worldwide and the first in the United States at the cutting edge of a new scarless and almost painless technique for hysterectomy.
Baptist Health Rehabilitation Institute-Conway is now offering specialized treatment to help patients regain their independence and restore them to the highest level of function. The eight-bed unit is conveniently located on the Baptist Health-Conway campus.
The public is invited to hear a free lecture from Jonathan B. Clark, MD — an expert in aerospace medicine who has served numerous roles for NASA and the U.S. Navy — at 12:30 p.m. March 10 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Clark will present Touch the Future: Research, Medicine and Space Exploration in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building auditorium. Clark is giving the Robert E. McGehee Jr., PhD, Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Research as part of the UAMS Graduate School’s annual Student Research Day.
Healthcare screening and other services will be offered free to the public on March 28 at the March Man-ness Men’s Health Event, presented by the 12 St. Health & Wellness Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
The event will be 9 a.m.-noon at the Bishop Leodies & Goldie Warren Community Development Center, 1200 Bishop Warren Drive in Little Rock. For more information, visit https://healthon12th.uams.edu/ or call (501) 614-2492.
