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Change to Arkansas pesticide rules clear a path for use of warfarin in feral hog bait | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (36+ words) Change to Arkansas pesticide rules clear a path for use of warfarin in feral hog bait The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Change to Arkansas pesticide rules clear a path for use of warfarin in feral hog bait...
Intense heat hits Northeast before July 4th | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (553+ words) Multiday warnings of extreme heat landed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia on Wednesday as sultry weather pushed east just ahead of Fourth of July celebrations in a region that revels in its role as a historic hub of U. S. independence....
Medicare offers weight loss drugs for $50 a month | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (710+ words) NEW YORK -- The federal government is now offering a selection of brand-name weight loss medications to certain Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries for $50 a month through a new trial called Medicare GLP-1 Bridge. Starting Wednesday, eligible applicants can enroll for…...
Hospitals, medics in Europe gear up for next heat wave | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (651+ words) ORSAY, France -- Whether a future attack of sizzling heat hits next week, as France's weather service says it might, or in summer months ahead, medics and hospital administrators are acutely aware that the battle they've just endured will, because of…...
Infections ail quake survivors | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (479+ words) CARACAS, Venezuela -- A week after Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes, doctors on Wednesday said the biggest dangers now facing survivors are untreated injuries and infectious diseases. Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean…...
Carl Vogelpohl leaves Arkansas attorney general's office to become executive director of Arkansas Medical Society | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (36+ words) Carl Vogelpohl leaves Arkansas attorney general's office to become executive director of Arkansas Medical Society The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Carl Vogelpohl leaves Arkansas attorney general's office to become executive director of Arkansas Medical Society...
N. Y. Medicaid fraud unit funding frozen | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (544+ words) NEW YORK -- The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would freeze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a state agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting fraud in the safety-net government healthcare program. In a letter sent to…...
Midwest suffers dangerous heat conditions | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (558+ words) DETROIT -- Nature's oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief. The National Weather Service was blunt: Conditions were "dangerous" as…...
Quakes strain Venezuela's health system | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (411+ words) LA GUAIRA, Venezuela -- Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, with damaged and understaffed hospitals getting overwhelmed by the injured and infectious diseases flaring in…...
Work requirement projected to shrink Arkansas" Medicaid expansion enrollment by 20% | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (26+ words) Work requirement projected to shrink Arkansas" Medicaid expansion enrollment by 20% The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Work requirement projected to shrink Arkansas" Medicaid expansion enrollment by 20%...