The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has performed the first transplant in Arkansas from an HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient.
The successful kidney transplant from a deceased person who had the human immunodeficiency virus was performed in May by Emmanouil Giorgakis, MD, a transplant surgeon in the UAMS College of Medicine.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Arkansas Children’s in four specialties in the new 2021-22 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings published online.
The state’s only pediatric health system is proud to have the following programs ranked among the national list:
- Cardiology & Heart Surgery
- Nephrology
- Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
- Urology
As Arkansans plan to enjoy the outdoors during the coming summer months, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) stresses the importance of taking precautions against ticks and mosquitoes and the diseases they can carry.
Arkansas has some of the highest rates in the nation for tick-borne diseases. Mosquitoes in Arkansas can carry West Nile Virus and other less common diseases. Arkansans traveling within or outside of the country should educate themselves on the specific concerns ticks or mosquitoes may pose on their trip.
Two students in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing have been awarded grants totaling $30,000 from Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education.
The recipients are Vivian White, MNSc, RN, a psychology and mental health scholar, and Rachel Pascoe, BSN, RN, a vision health scholar. Both are students in the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program. Their research and clinical foci address some of the nation’s urgent health care needs.
In response to Arkansas’ significantly high infant mortality rates, a local physician and public health practitioner have secured a grant to provide education and resources to mothers in the state.
