July 27, 2026

Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. is voluntarily recalling 1,589,577 dozen white shell eggs and brown cage free shell eggs produced in Texas because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

July 27, 2026

Jordan Greer, PharmD, MD, recently joined the team at Baptist Health Surgical Clinic of Central Arkansas. 

A Conway native, Greer specializes in general surgery, bringing expertise in minimally invasive, laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques to the Little Rock community.

July 20, 2026

Sallie Oliphant, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a professor in the Department of Urology, where she specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of female pelvic floor disorders.

July 20, 2026

Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock is now offering EnVisio® by Elucent, a navigation technology that transforms breast cancer surgery. Featuring advanced In-Body Spatial Intelligence™ (iSi), the system is designed to deliver precision and patient-centered care during breast-conserving surgeries (Lumpectomy/Partial Mastectomy) and targeted lymph node dissection.

July 20, 2026

A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers is working to  provide the first population-level look at how pregnant women in Arkansas purchase medical cannabis and how those purchasing patterns change throughout pregnancy.

The study, “From Card to Cradle: Examining Medical Cannabis Purchasing Among Pregnant Women in Arkansas,” was recently published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM and represents a key step toward understanding the potential effects of cannabis exposure on mothers and babies.