The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory and Medical Examiner’s Office report that hundreds of Arkansans died in 2016 from drug overdoses, with nearly 40 percent of those deaths from Pulaski, Sebastian, and Washington counties.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is encouraging Arkansans to clean out their medicine cabinets, and bring any unused or expired medications to one of the state’s more than 100 Prescription Drug Take Back Day drop-off locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 28.
October 23, 2017
October 23, 2017
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), Radiation Control Section, is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a nationwide campaign to educate Americans about the dangers of radon exposure, and to encourage them to take action to protect their homes and families.
October 23, 2017
The University of Central Arkansas has been approved for a funding award of nearly $50,000 by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Dr. Lisa VanHoose, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, will serve as project lead.
October 23, 2017
The Arkansas Center for Health Disparities at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for research on minority health disparities, including reducing tobacco smoke exposure among children in the Delta, and studying HIV prevention among incarcerated African-Americans.
October 23, 2017
For the first time in history, the Betty A. Lowe MD Award for outstanding service to children was awarded to children. Beebe students Tyler Duke and Mason Covington, pictured here, received the award for their efforts to prevent vehicular heatstroke in children. The award was presented at the Arkansas Children's Forum, an annual meeting hosted by the Arkansas Children's Foundation.
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