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Alarming reports of lung-related injuries linked to vaping are raising awareness about the potential risks associated with the use of electronic…
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The U.S. is going through rapid demographic changes with dramatic increases in the number of older adults. The Census Bureau projects that by 2035, there…
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Arkansas has seen a record number of flu deaths this year, 215, and the severity of the virus has taken Arkansans by surprise.State chief epidemiologist…
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Central Arkansas Water says residents in older homes with lead service pipes will have them replaced this year.The utility reviewed nearly 6,000 pipes.…
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State and local leaders are considering how best to treat Arkansas’s opioid crisis if their coalition lawsuit succeeds against opioid drug makers and…
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At the 90-year-old Coker-Hampton Drug Company in downtown Stuttgart, the pharmacist and owner of the last 25 years, James Bethea, is deeply concerned…
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Leaders from Arkansas’s sizable rice industry are coming together to seek a compromise on the divisive issue of agricultural burning, which tends to…
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The State Medical Board wants to tighten restrictions on doctors’ abilities to prescribe opioids in some instances, and one of the changes is that…
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While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked Arkansas the most obese state in the nation in 2014, the state’s weight epidemic is now…
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A dispute is brewing between Arkansas’s rice industry and makers of other products over ownership of the word “rice” and the right to market foods as…
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The Arkansas Department of Health is warning residents about a significant influenza outbreak and how best to prepare.“In a bad flu year, it's estimated a…
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Virginia Duck is the mother of Sequoia and Cheyenne, two young girls with growing feet. She and her daughters wait in line with nearly 60 other people who…