August 24, 2026

Dylan Fedor, DO, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Fedor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., and earned a Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro in 2023. He graduated in June from the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus Residency Program.

August 24, 2026

By Tess Vrbin-August 17, 2026  Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Secretary of Human Services Janet Mann said that she expects the more than 215,000 people on the state’s Medicaid expansion to retain some form of health coverage, despite the Trump administration’s moves to end the hybrid program.

August 24, 2026

The Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence (ACCARDV), a statewide organization based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently awarded $318,755.56 to five nonprofit groups for projects aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect.

August 24, 2026

Vascular neurologist Abhilash Thatikala, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he mostly treats stroke patients.

Thatikala received an undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery in 2011 from Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India, then stayed at the college to complete a medical degree in 2016, followed by an internal medicine residency.

August 17, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — August 13, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine,” a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the provision of sex-rejecting procedures for minors.