8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (521+ words) Residents within Central Arkansas Water's service area have been getting fluoride-free water when they turn on the tap for approximately the last two weeks. The drinking water utility, which serves the greater Little Rock area, recently ran out of the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (40+ words) Northwest Arkansas Food Bank backers gathered for the second annual Flavor of Giving fundraiser Aug. 27 at Osage House in Cave Springs. Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation events raise funds for local causes Finest fundraise for Cystic Fibrosis...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (177+ words) Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, an initiative launched by Olivia and Tom Walton to improve outcomes for mothers and babies in the U.S., has pledged $100 million over five years to boost efforts to cut maternal deaths by half. The investment will…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (548+ words) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Eight-month-old Rojatun Jannat Ramisa is struggling to breathe in a hospital in Bangladesh's capital as her parents sit helplessly beside her. She's one of thousands of children sickened by a measles outbreak that's sweeping across the country and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (947+ words) HAVANA -- The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is pushing many to their breaking point on this island of nearly 10 million people, with no relief in sight as a U.S. energy embargo persists and longtime economic and financial troubles deepen....

4+ day, 4+ 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,…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (41+ words) State employees, community leaders and veterans service providers gathered in the Arkansas Capitol rotunda Tuesday to bring awareness to veterans suicide prevention services and the free 24/7 suicide prevention hotline. Arkansas leaders bring awareness to suicide prevention at Capitol event...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (805+ words) Collaboration will be key when it comes to improving maternal and infant outcomes in Arkansas, according to Whitney Tolbert, Mercy Northwest Arkansas vice president of women's and children's services. A recently launched partnership between the health system, the Springdale-based nonprofit…...