1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (167+ words) Hospital honored for heart attack care Washington Regional has earned the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2026. Washington Regional is one of only 350 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. This marks the third…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (479+ words) Besides chronic wasting disease, blue tongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease, white-tailed deer in Arkansas might face a new threat in the form of New World screwworm. At the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's monthly committee meetings on Aug. 19, Catherine Love,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (52+ words) Bubba holds forth on health, headlines and Hogs Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Bubba holds forth on health, headlines and Hogs The future of my childhood hero New portion of Springdale Northern Bypass, airport connector road now open Austin McCollum’s wife details…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (46+ words) WelcomeHealth marks 40 years, lauds partners with A Toast to Health in Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette WelcomeHealth marks 40 years, lauds partners with A Toast to Health in Fayetteville Free health center marks 40 years OPINION | GREG HARTON: Dallas-area developer urges Northwest Arkansas…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (674+ words) Despite searing heat, 61 anglers participated in the first Reel Fight Against Prostate Cancer bass fishing tournament Saturday on the Arkansas River. Black men are at highest risk, according to the American Cancer Institute, and they are more than twice as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (204+ words) FAYETTEVILLE -- The city of Fayetteville has announced it will operate a community cooling center during the hot afternoons expected through this week. The afternoon cooling center at Rooted City Center, 613 S. College Ave., is meant to supplement the weekday hours of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1314+ words) Experts say it's hard to establish any sort of trend when it comes to suicide because each case is deeply personal and unique. Northwest Arkansas saw a spate of murder-suicides and suicides in public spaces earlier this year. Benton County…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (487+ words) BUNIA, Congo -- More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (227+ words) FAYETTEVILLE -- A new agreement between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Northwest Arkansas Community College aims to provide physical examinations and injury-assessment screenings for the community college's student-athletes. The UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine team will handle…...