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A north Arkansas industrial facility is cutting emissions of a cancer-causing chemical after reporting some of the highest releases of ethylene oxide nationwide in recent years.
Schools and other service organizations now have easier access to the opioid-reversing medication Narcan for free or at a reduced cost from the manufacturer, the Arkansas Department of Education said last week.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Department of Education is joining the Arkansas Department of Health and Arkansas Drug Director's Office to announce schools
Hear the report from KUAR's politics reporter Sarah Kellogg. Sen. David Wallace, R-Leachville, (right) presents his bill to the Public Health, Welfare and Labor committee. Credit Arkansas Senate An Arkansas Senate committee voted to advance a series of bills Monday concerning medical practice in the state. By a vote of 5-2 on each, the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor committee advanced two "scope of practice," bills to the full Senate. House Bill 1254, which the committee discussed first, allows for advanced practice registered nurses, or APRNs, to attend to Medicaid patients witho...