The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received $5 million in federal funding to address the growing drug and opioid crisis among youth in Arkansas.
The award comes from appropriations language authored by U.S. Sen. John Boozman passed into law in 2024. The funding is administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
The holiday season will kick off in Central Arkansas with CARTI’s 48th Annual Festival of Trees from Nov. 14-16 in Little Rock. Tickets to the three-event weekend, held annually at the Statehouse Convention Center, are available at www.CARTI.com.
Baptist Health Pregnancy Clinic-Little Rock held a celebratory ribbon cutting on Oct. 2 before the clinic officially opens later this month.
Arkansas Children’s celebrated the investiture of three physicians in a ceremony at CALS Ron Robinson Theater on Oct. 2.
The honorees included Maya Liza C. Lopez, MD, as recipient and steward of the Harvey and Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Developmental Pediatrics; Ron Sanders Jr., MD, MS, as recipient and steward of the Morris and Hettie Oakley Endowed Chair in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; and David Spiro, MD, MPH, as recipient and steward of the Log A Load For Kids of Arkansas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Trauma.
Baptist Health-Fort Smith has acquired the da Vinci 5® surgical system, Intuitive’s most advanced and integrated platform. The system can be used for minimally invasive surgical procedures for urology, gynecology, thoracic, and general surgeries. Just some of the benefits of the system include a faster recovery, shorter hospital stay, lower risk of complications and quicker return to normal activities.
