The East North Street Foundation, co-founded and operated by David Hendrix and Doug Hendrix, has donated one million dollars to Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) in support of the hospital’s $235.2 million expansion project.

Arkansas Children's is expanding bed capacity and transforming inpatient and outpatient surgical approaches at ACH with the addition of an ambulatory surgery center. The plan for the Little Rock campus will also redesign clinical spaces to promote multidisciplinary care, and create an inviting and accessible campus experience.

Arkansas Children's Research Institute (ACRI) has received $3.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to run a five-year study that will clarify which viral and host factors lead to severe disease among children infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

The research will improve health outcomes of children worldwide. Josh Kennedy, MD, principal investigator, and Peter Mourani, MD, co-investigator and president of ACRI, will lead this study that will identify common features in children with multiple respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2.