Arkansas Healthcare

Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, the chair of the Senate Public Health Committee, discusses Arkansas' Medicaid program on this week’s Capitol View program.

Dr. Burke Soffe will lead Lyon College's School of Oral Health and Dental Medicine.

The CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey will be in White County until mid-February.

The Little Rock-based Wolfe Street Foundation will distribute doses of naloxone to up to 300 people and offer training on how to administer the drug.

The final day of the trial saw testimony from a doctor who railed against the effects of gender-affirming care on minors.

Two Christians who once identified as transgender testified in the lawsuit challenging Arkansas' first-of-its-kind law banning gender-affirming care.

A plastic surgeon and a sociologist testified Tuesday against providing gender-affirming care for minors. Testimony is expected to conclude on Thursday.

The Higher Learning Commission Institutional Actions Council approved approved seven changes for the college, including the state's first programs for dental and veterinary medicine.

The State of Lung Cancer Report from the American Lung Association finds Arkansas has one of the highest rates for new lung cancer cases in the country.

The federal government must announce by next Friday whether the emergency will end in mid-January or continue into next spring.