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UAMS Receives Initial Accreditation for Preventive Medicine Residency Program
War Does Not Make America Healthy, Again
FDA Releases Results from Largest-Ever Testing of Infant Formula in the U.S.
UAMS Invests Jorge Saucedo, MD, MBA, in Nolan Family Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine
Baptist Health Nurses Recognized Among Arkansas’ ‘40 Nurse Leaders Under 40’
UAMS Holds Topping Out Ceremony for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale
UAMS, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Forge Agreement to Expand Healthcare Education Pathways
State Medical Society Elects Officers
January 6, 2025
Northwest Health Welcomes OB/GYN Tiffany...

Northwest Health welcomed Tiffany Weathers, MD, to its medical staff. Weathers specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and is accepting new patients at Northwest OB/GYN – Willow Creek, located at 5501 Willow Creek Drive, Suite 202, in Springdale.

Weathers has been in practice for more than 15 years.

She received a medical education at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Guadalajara, Mexico. She then completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at The State University of New York in Albany, New York. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.

January 6, 2025
Arkansas Children’s Receives $2M Grant f...

Arkansas Children's Northwest has received a $2 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation to support its historic expansion project.
This funding marks the continuation of a 37-year partnership between Arkansas Children's and the Mabee Foundation, with total grants exceeding $8 million over the decades.

January 6, 2025
UAMS Receives $1.9 Million Department of...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a three-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a community-based emergency response program Little Rock schools.

“We are grateful to have been awarded these funds by the Department of Justice and look forward to improving safety infrastructure for our partner schools,” said Joseph Sanford, MD, the institute’s director.

December 29, 2024
Bird Flu Found in Second 'Backyard...

By: Greg LaRose published December 19, 2024 in Louisiana Illuminator 

A second case of avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, has been detected in a backyard flock in southwest Louisiana, the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry reported Thursday.

Earlier this week, the state’s first backyard avian flu case was reported in northwest Louisiana. State officials have not identified the type of birds involved in either case but said it involves a non-commercial, “non-poultry” flock, just like the instance reported Monday.

December 29, 2024
2024 Miracle Ball Exceeds $1M Goal for A...

The 19th annual Miracle Ball, a shared project of Arkansas Children’s Foundation and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Auxiliary, raised more than $1 million, benefiting ACH.

Members of the ACH Auxiliary support Arkansas Children’s programs by volunteering their time and generating statewide donations. Money raised from Miracle Ball will go towards the $6.25 million commitment the auxiliary made in support of the expansion project last year.