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Mumps cases identified on the UA Fayetteville campus
Posted: 02/20/19
Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has identified three confirmed cases and one suspected case of mumps on the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville campus in the last few weeks. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to make sure they are up to date on Read More
50 Year Time Capsule Reveal
Posted: 02/20/19
Read MoreADH Issues Public Health Advisory on Cannabis
Posted: 02/13/19
Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is issuing a public health advisory to warn Arkansans about the risks of harm associated with use of products derived from Cannabis, including marijuana and hemp, that claim to benefit health. ADH is partnering with Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Read More
Health Department warns of a possible hep A exposure to customers of Subway in Trumann
Posted: 02/11/19
Little Rock, Ark. – Northeast Arkansas continues to have a hepatitis A (hep A) outbreak, and the ADH is warning of a possible hep A exposure after an employee of Subway in Trumann tested positive for the virus.
Anyone who ate at the Subway restaurant at 121
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Posted: 01/22/19 Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is aware of two cases of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Arkansans who had surgery in Tijuana, Mexico. These cases have been linked to a national outbreak. As part of the investigation of these infections, Mexican health officials
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Posted: 01/10/19 Little Rock, Ark. – Northeast Arkansas continues to see new infections as part of an ongoing hepatitis A (hep A) outbreak. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning people about a possible hep A exposure after an employee of Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen in Jonesboro tested positive
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Posted: 01/04/19 Little Rock, Ark. – The new year coincided with a report released by the United Health Foundation (UHF) that showed that Arkansas increased our health ranking by two spots, from 48 to 46 overall. The UHF described Arkansas’s strengths as a low prevalence of excessive drinking and high meningococcal
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Posted: 01/02/19 Little Rock, Ark. – Northeast Arkansas continues to have a hepatitis A (hep A) outbreak, and the ADH is warning of a possible hep A exposure after an employee of On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina in Jonesboro tested positive for the virus. Anyone who
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Posted: 12/22/18 Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program will continue normal operations, even after the federal government shutdown last night. WIC participants and vendors will be able to sign up for and participate in the program as usual. Applicants can still come to
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Posted: 12/12/18 The Arkansas Department of Health learned today of preliminary results of particulate matter (PM) monitoring conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of air in the ½ mile radius around the 8000 block of Trafalgar Road in Bella Vista. One of these readings has shown that air quality for particle
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ADH health alert regarding medical tourism to Tijuana, Mexico
ADH warns of a possible Hep A exposure to customers of Cheddar’s on Stadium Blvd., Jonesboro
New Year, Healthier State
ADH warns of a possible hep A exposure to customers of OTB Mexican Grill and Cantina Red Wolf Blvd.
Arkansas WIC program to continue as usual
Health Alert regarding the Trafalgar Road Fire
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