September Public Health Column written by Sheldon Riklon, M.D., UAMS Family Medicine Physician The back-to-school season means getting everything ready for your kids to have a successful year, and there’s one thing that should be at the top of your list: vaccines. When kids get together at school, they share germs, and many illnesses could […]
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Springdale, AR — June 17, 2023 For Men’s Health Month, AenEmmaan, a Marshallese men’s group in NWA, organized their first Father’s Day Fishing Tournament. Fishing began at Springdale Lake in the early morning, followed by an award’s ceremony at Murphy Park announcing the top three prize winners. Over 80 fathers signed up for the tournament!
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Over the past month, smoke from wildfires in Canada have been impacting the air quality in the United States. Several states including Washington, Montana, Nebraska and Wisconsin issued air quality alerts in May due to smoke pollution coming from wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. Last week New York City was covered in a thick
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This week both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will raise the limit on federal borrowing, suspend the debt limit for two years, and cut back on federal spending. The legislation received broad support in the House with 149 Republican and 117 Democrat votes. Though House majority leader
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Drug overdoses are rising in Northwest Arkansas. In 2021, more than two-thirds of overdose deaths in the United States involved fentanyl. In Washington County alone, overdose deaths involving fentanyl were four times higher in 2022 than in 2020. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 85% of the overdose
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Arkansas stopped disenrolling Medicaid beneficiaries in 2020 per the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which increased federal funds to match state funds for Medicaid during the public health emergency. Dr. Riklon explains more about medicaid and medicaid recertification in this previous post. Last December, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law last December, issued the
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During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government declared a public health emergency, which gave the federal government flexibility to respond to the unique circumstances the country was facing. As part of this state of emergency, states were not allowed to end Medicaid coverage for most beneficiaries, which meant those enrolled
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February, 1st, 2022, Honolulu, HI Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii Press Release On Saturday, January 29th, the Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii (MCOH) hosted a COVID-19 vaccine clinic that drew record numbers of participants in the heart of Waipahu. MCOH partnered with other local non-profits, including nurses from Project Vision, as well as the Hawaii
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Another winter weather system is moving east from Texas bringing ice, sleet, and snow to the region. The current winter weather alerts will impact nearly 40 million people in Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia. Monday and Tuesday January 30 and 31, several airports in Texas, including Dallas Love, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston Bush
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In the first week of taking office, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed several executive orders one of which establishes a policy regarding the use of “Latinx” in government documents. The executive order, signed on January 10, 2023, claims to “respect the Latino community by eliminating culturally insensitive words from official use.” It requires that
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