Arkansas Department of Health

A second Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy store location is headed for central Arkansas. After recently breaking ground in Conway for its first location in central Arkansas, Braum’s will open a restaurant on Chenal Parkway in west Little Rock, a …

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Health have launched a statewide campaign to help mothers find care close to home. The campaign kicked off with the third-annual Month of May (MOM) Block Party and Women’s Health Expo. …

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order Tuesday requiring each Cabinet-level agency and board or commission that issues permits, licenses, certifications or other regulatory approvals to conduct a review of all processes within 120 days. The order is part …

Craig Wilson, JD, MPA, has been chosen to lead the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement as president and CEO following a national search. Wilson has served as the organization’s interim leader since January and before that worked as ACHI’s director …

For Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, it’s personal. Griffin met with student leaders and administrators at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Monday, Sept. 8, as part of the “One Pill Can Kill” initiative, which is aimed at raising …

Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas have reached the milestone of $1 billion in sales since the industry was launched in May 2019. Patients now collectively spend an average of $776,000 a day on medical marijuana purchases across Arkansas, according to …

CHI St. Vincent North, home of the CHI St. Vincent Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, has been awarded the prestigious Stroke Care Performance Diamond Award by the Arkansas Department of Health. The award honors CHI St. Vincent for excellence in stroke patient care in the category …

As high temperatures continue in the coming weeks, the Arkansas Department of Health encourages people to practice heat safety. Heat stress is heat-related illness caused by your body’s inability to cool down properly. The body normally cools itself by sweating, …

What is an influencer? Simply put, it is one who wields influence, no social media account needed. They are the people, be they civil leaders, CEOs, or media personalities, who see something they want to do and have the skills, …

Treatments for cancer and the search for cures are a multibillion-dollar industry, directed by the nation’s leading researchers and funded both federally and privately. The mission is critical. In 2022, an estimated 609,360 people will die of cancer in the …