JONESBORO, Ark. — Craig Earley has been named administrator and CEO of NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital as part of a series of leadership changes announced by Baptist Memorial Health Care. Earley succeeds Sam Lynd, who has been appointed administrator and CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, the health care system’s flagship [read more…]
Arkansas officials confident people on Medicaid expansion will retain health coverage by Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas Secretary of Human Services Janet Mann said Monday that she expects the more than 215,000 people on the state’s Medicaid expansion to retain some form of health coverage, despite the Trump administration’s moves [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. — Unity Health hosted a ribbon cutting and facility tours on Thursday, July 30 to introduce its new Adolescent Recovery & Wellness program, a residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment program for youth ages 12–17. The program is scheduled to open in August 2026 at Unity Health – [read more…]
Jonesboro, AR – New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) welcomed 121 new future doctors to Northeast Arkansas Saturday as the medical school held its annual White Coat Ceremony at A-State’s Fowler Center. The Class of 2030 is the 11th class [read more…]
JONESBORO – One Arkansas State University professor is using a sports medicine assessment originally developed for student-athletes to help military veterans after returning from deployment. Dr. Scott Bruce is a professor of athletic training and co-chair of the Veterans’ Suicide Prevention Program. He is using the Global Well-being Index® (GWBI), [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A researcher at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University has received a $573,750 federal grant to study how thyroid dysfunction affects cardiovascular health. The National Institutes of Health awarded the R15 grant to Vishwa Rajagopalan, Ph.D., an associate professor of [read more…]
JONESBORO – Driven by multiple challenges to the nation’s rural health and healthcare, ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) is taking steps to engage its member institutions in a collective search for solutions. ORAU is bringing together 35 members of its University Consortium, including Arkansas State University, with the goal of [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas will receive $431,937 through an $18 million multistate settlement with genetic-testing company 23andMe over a data breach that affected more than 48,000 Arkansans, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced. Griffin and attorneys general from 41 other states reached the agreement after filing claims related to the breach [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — The American Heart Association recognized St. Bernards Healthcare’s three hospitals in Jonesboro, Wynne and Pocahontas with eight quality achievement awards for providing evidence-based, high-quality heart attack and stroke care. These awards, known as Get With The Guidelines®, demonstrate St. Bernards’ commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines when [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ waiver to ban soft drinks and candy from Arkansas’ Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), also referred to as food stamps, will go into effect on July 1, 2026. The waiver was submitted to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in April 2025 and signed [read more…]
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