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Yesterday’s Presidential Executive Order: Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing to American Patients
MMR Vaccine Clinic to be Held in Conway Today
Arkansas Children's Hospital Recognized as Gold Level Safe Sleep Hospital
UAMS Milk Bank Celebrates Milk Donors
Congressional Budget Agency Projects Sweeping Medicaid Cutbacks in States Under GOP Plans
UAMS Invests Nikki Edge, PhD, in Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience
Emily Jones, APRN, Now Seeing Patients at Baptist Health Sleep Clinic-Little Rock
Arkansas Health Department Reports Evidence of Measles
October 28, 2024
Whitaker Family Foundation Donates $5M t...

Arkansas Children’s announced a gift of $5 million from the Whitaker Family Foundation.

“We are deeply committed to serving children and families in northwest Arkansas, including my own family,” said Larry Whitaker, chairman of the Whitaker Family Foundation. “Some of my grandchildren have been patients at Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), and it is gratifying to know that philanthropic contributions helped bring ACNW to fruition, providing the 200,000 children living in this region convenient access to comprehensive pediatric medical care.”

October 28, 2024
Baptist Health Utilizing icometrix AI Te...

Baptist Health is the first health care organization in Arkansas to utilize icometrix’s AI technology to improve neuroradiology services. 

Through this collaboration, icobrain, icometrix’s advanced AI software, will be introduced at all Baptist Health imaging locations across Arkansas, starting in North Little Rock. 

October 21, 2024
U.S. Judge Blocks Florida Dept of Health...

The following article by Jackie Llanos appeared in the Florida Phoenix on Oct. 17, 2024.

Update: A federal judge temporarily barred the DeSantis administration from intimidating and coercing television stations that air ads in support of the proposed Amendment 4, which would bar government interference in abortion.

The ruling stops Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo as the head of the Florida Department of Health from acting against broadcasters the department has already threatened with criminal charges.

October 21, 2024
AMMC Family Practice & Urgent Care W...

AMMC Family Practice & Urgent Care welcomed Melissa Wright, MD, board-certified family medicine physician. The office is located at 1110 W. Kings Highway in Paragould, Ark.

Wright has previously practiced at Ozarks Healthcare in Thayer, Mo., and Mammoth Spring, Ark. A graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, she completed a family medicine residency at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.

Patients may schedule an appointment from Monday-Thursday between 8 a.m.-6 p.m. or use a walk-in appointment option.

October 21, 2024
Mercy Opens 65 Prime+ Clinic in Fort Smi...

65 Prime+ by Mercy clinic, located at 6801 Rogers Ave., Suite 107 in Fort Smith, is now open for patient care. 65 Prime+ by Mercy – Tower West is a clinic geared toward Medicare patients, those 65 and older.

The new clinic, located in the former Convenient Care at Mercy Tower West, offers an expanded primary care experience with longer and more frequent appointment times, ensuring that patients have ample time to discuss all their health care needs,