10+ hour, 53+ min ago The Institute for Community Health Innovation, home to the Maternal and Reproductive Community Health Excellence Research Center, is se ... Jada Robison is the health and Rogers/Lowell city reporter for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She discovered her love for journalism…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago I haven't stopped thinking about the stories I heard at "The Yarn: Maternal Health Storytelling" event a few weeks ago at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Six Arkansas mothers--each with different ......

2+ week, 3+ day ago Arkansas' fetal mortality rate in 2024 narrowly improved from the previous year, although the state still ranked among the 10 worst in the nation, a report released Wednesday from the federal Centers ......

3+ week, 2+ day ago For the second year in a row, the March of Dimes gave Arkansas an F for its preterm birth rate in a report that also highlighted the state's poor rankings in several related measures....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago The analysis of more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, is among the largest studies to date examining children whose mothers contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pandemic through some of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a federal grant of nearly $4 million to use toward reducing maternity-associated health problems and deaths in Ashley and Union counties in south Arkansas. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago 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, ......

4+ mon, 4+ day ago A healthier population also strengthens our state's workforce and economy, underscoring the vital connection between a strong health-care system and a prosperous Arkansas. In addition, the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act allows pregnant women greater access to depression screening, remote…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago Ark., on Wednesday called for increased collaboration between providers, researchers and lawmakers to improve maternal health clinical and policy outcomes in Arkansas and elsewhere....

5+ mon, 1+ day ago It's nothing more than a folder in the Notes app on my iPhone filled with names like Porkchop Palmer, Uncle Jar, DuVay, Chuck Cheek, Bunn, Belladona, Gwendolyn Pigg, Gennalynn Hickerson, and that's ......