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Summit to Address Youth Substance Use, Prevention Strategies
Project H.E.A.R.T. Camp Educates Future Healthcare Professionals
U of A and UAMS Advance Joint Research Through Razorback Research Catalyst
Baptist Health Acquires South Arkansas Regional Hospital
Venkat Kalapatapu, MD, Returns to UAMS as Chief of Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
James C. Walker, MD, FACS, Joins Baptist Health Surgical and Specialty Clinic-Conway
Children’s Miracle Network Partners Donate More than $5.3 M to Arkansas Children’s
UAMS Researchers Find that Smart Food Lockers Expand Access to Healthy Food in Arkansas
July 28, 2025
Federal Judge Will Decide Whether to Blo...

By: Tess Vrbin - July 24, 2025 Arkansas Advocate

A federal judge said Wednesday that he will decide “fairly soon” whether to block Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation law regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

Act 624 of 2025 bans pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from holding a permit to operate a drug store in Arkansas after Jan. 1, 2026. PBMs negotiate prescription benefits among drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and health insurance providers, and the biggest ones also own pharmacies and insurers.

July 28, 2025
No One Knows Whether Trump’s $50B for Ru...

By: Anna Claire Vollers - July 21, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator

Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic cuts to federal health care spending that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day.

But is that bandage big enough to save struggling rural hospitals?

“I have more questions than I have answers,” said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, a nonprofit policy group. “No one has those answers yet.”

July 28, 2025
Trump Tax Law Runs Up Deficit by $3.4T,...

By: Jennifer Shutt - July 21, 2025  Louisiana Illuminator

WASHINGTON — Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law will add $3.394 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

July 21, 2025
Erin Jefferson, M.D., Joins UAMS to Lead...

Erin Jefferson, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Women's Mental Health Program, a clinic dedicated to perinatal mental health.

July 21, 2025
Baptist Health Offers Free Back-to-Schoo...

Baptist Health Community Outreach is offering several opportunities for free back-to-school shots. Immunizations will be administered at the following locations: 

North Little Rock

New Hope Baptist Church (1821 Edmond St.)
Saturday, Aug. 2, 9 a.m. to Noon

Sherwood 

Sylvan Hills United Methodist Church (9921 AR 107)
Thursday, Aug. 7, 4 to 7 p.m. 

Little Rock 

St. Mark Baptist Church (5722 W. 12th St.)
Saturday, Aug. 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.