April 7, 2020
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation April 9 in Texarkana
LITTLE ROCK – A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at Trinity Baptist Church, 3115 Trinity Blvd., Texarkana, Arkansas. You do not have to be a UAMS patient to be seen. This evaluation…
One in 66 Arkansas 8-Year-Olds Has Autism Spectrum Disorder, Says New CDC/UAMS Report
LITTLE ROCK — A new report shows the number of 8-year-old Arkansas children identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is significantly higher than data released two years ago by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). An estimated one in 66 Arkansas 8-year-olds have ASD, according to information collected by the Arkansas Autism…
April 6, 2020
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation April 10 in Helena-West Helena
LITTLE ROCK – A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Friday, April 10 at 1804 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the Interstate 49 bypass. The clinic is in the old John Deere Building across from…
April 3, 2020
UAMS Provides COVID-19 Screening to Helena, Delta Residents
As the van carrying UAMS health care professionals arrived in Helena early April 2, residents of Helena and the surrounding Delta region were already lining up in their vehicles to receive the drive-through COVID-19 evaluation UAMS was about to provide. By 9:45 a.m., the team from the main campus in Little Rock and from UAMS…
March 31, 2020
UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Evaluation April 2 in Helena-West Helena
LITTLE ROCK – A free community drive-thru evaluation clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, April 2 at 1804 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the Highway 49 bypass and will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians. The clinic is in the old…
March 10, 2020
UAMS HealthNow to Provide Free, Online Screening for COVID-19
UAMS HealthNow has begun offering free screenings for Arkansas adults who have questions about whether they may have the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. UAMS HealthNow is the 24-hour digital connection to health care professionals that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) began in January. People who have symptoms and who have been exposed…
March 5, 2020
UAMS 12th Street Center to Host ‘March Man-ness’ at Warren Community Development Center March 28
Free health care screening and other services will be offered free to the public March 28 at the “March Man-ness Men’s Health Event” presented by the 12th St. Health & Wellness Center of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The event will be 9 a.m.-noon at the Bishop Leodies & Goldie Warren Community…
February 25, 2020
Patient Moves Forward in Sickle Cell Care and in Life
Feb. 25, 2020 | Maturing into adulthood often means leaving familiar things behind while embracing new ones, and Jayla Buford did just that in late 2019 as a sickle cell patient. Buford had been receiving care through the sickle cell program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital since she was 4. In late 2019, now an adult,…
February 24, 2020
UAMS Schmieding Program to Provide Free Respite Training for Volunteer Caregivers March 5 in Fort Smith
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Fort Smith, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on March 5 in Fort Smith. The all-day training session will he held 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Center, 2414 S. 57th St.,…
February 18, 2020
UAMS Receives $2.3 Million to Reimburse Facilities that Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently received $2.3 million from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to compensate facilities across the state providing opioid use disorder patients with medication-assisted treatment. The money will allow medical providers to offer treatment for opioid use disorder to patients without insurance or the ability to pay…
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