By: Tess Vrbin - July 7, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
This story was updated Wednesday, July 9, 2025 to reflect new data from the Arkansas Department of Health.
Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, the second-lowest participation rate in the nation, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A program developed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) to improve mental health access for children in Arkansas is presenting the 2025 School-Based Mental Health Symposium on July 30 and 31.
The Arkansas Mental Health Access for Pediatric Primary Care (ARMAPP) program offers the symposium free of charge. The symposium is geared for school personnel, including administrators, teachers, counselors, principals, school nurses, intervention specialists, and support staff.
Each month, Baptist Health Community Outreach holds a variety of classes to help central Arkansas residents make easy and delicious meals at home that won’t break the bank or health goals.
Primary care sports medicine physicians Kyle Arthur, MD, Jake Martin, MD, and Jacob Smith, MD, MPH, recently joined UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Northwest Arkansas.
By Ainsley Platt, July 3, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
The number of Arkansas students participating in one of three summer nutrition programs offered in the state has already eclipsed last year’s count, officials said Thursday at a food distribution event in Sherwood.
