The following are local screening and testing resources, with contact information, for the Northwest Arkansas area. They include:
Arkansas Department of Health
Arkansas Department of Health Call Center: 1-800-803-7847
Arkansas Department of Health call center answering questions from health care providers and the public.
Call: 1-800-803-7847 (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
Call: 501-661-2136 (after hours)
Arkansas Children’s Northwest
Arkansas Children’s:
The Arkansas Department of Health reported that 41 people in Arkansas have died from the coronavirus and 1,853 have tested positive.
There are at least 237 medical workers who have contracted the virus, statewide.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Youth Services (DYS) has amended its current contract with Rite of Passage (ROP) so that the company will now manage all state juvenile treatment centers in Arkansas.
A five-year, $765,789 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ((UAMS) will support teaching graduate students advanced analytics to address racial and ethnic health disparities.
The grant, from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), establishes the Arkansas Center for Health Disparities T32 Pre-doctoral Research Training Program.
SNAP clients who lost food because of power outages from this month’s severe weather do not have to wait in line at the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) local county office to submit a request for replacement benefits. Clients also do not have to meet with a case worker to request replacement SNAP.
