9+ hour, 52+ min ago  (36+ words) Olivia Walton launches campaign to reduce nation's maternal mortality rate by 50% in 5 years Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Olivia Walton launches campaign to reduce nation's maternal mortality rate by 50% in 5 years...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1575+ words) A year after Arkansas' Educational Freedom Account program opened to every student, the effort remains a lightning rod for controversy, one that raises hot-button questions of parental choice, student success and the place of religion in education. The political debate…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (20+ words) Arkansas State University-Newport set for $7. 7 million in federal funds to build new health science center'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (210+ words) The National Institutes of Health's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence has awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences a five-year, $11. 7 million grant that it will use to establish a maternal health research center, university officials announced Monday. The Maternal…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago  (29+ words) More than 2, 200 women were granted "presumptive eligibility" for pregnancy Medicaid in Arkansas between June 1 and Sept. 3, receiving temporary coverage while their applications were being processed, .. ....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (436+ words) FORT SMITH -- A local hospital has been recognized for its work as part of an initiative aimed at safely reducing cesarean birth rates. Baptist Health-Fort Smith honored for work to improve maternal health by safely reducing cesarean birth rates FORT…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (24+ words) Ark. , on Wednesday called for increased collaboration between providers, researchers and lawmakers to improve maternal health clinical and policy outcomes in Arkansas and elsewhere....

10+ mon, 5+ day ago  (602+ words) A bunch of successful, conservative professional women are telling young women they don't need careers to have fulfilling lives. All they need to do is avoid college (or better yet, just use it to find a husband), get married, have…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1189+ words) The conceit of this column is simple: I write about books I'm reading. New, old, obscure, overrated " whatever's on the nightstand is fair game. So while most weeks are devoted to new releases or Booker longlisters, others, like this one,…...