Arkansas Department of Health

Type: Organization

Name: Arkansas Department of Health

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Booneville, Paris Health Offices To Close For Four-Day Periods

BOONEVILLE — While converting to an electronic health records system, the Logan County offices of the Arkansas Department of Health will be closed for four-day periods this summer.The Booneville office will be closed from Aug. 6-9, which is the final ... [Published Southwest Times Record - May 19 2013]

Entities: Paris, Immunity, Arkansas Department of Health, Training Period

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Garland Co. Confirms 9th Case of Rabies in 3 Months

HOT SPRINGS, AR -- Pet owners in Hot Springs may want to double-check vaccinations.The city has confirmed a ninth skunk in three months has tested positive for rabies in Garland County.Garland County isn't the only area seeing several cases of rabies, ... [Published KARK TV - May 16 2013]

Entities: Rabies, Arkansas Department of Health, Virus

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Arkansas Residents Sick From Exxon Oil Spill Are on Their Own

For more than a month, residents of Mayflower, Ark. have been told not to worry about lingering fumes from a March 29 oil spill that shut down a neighborhood and forced the evacuation of 22 homes."Overall, air emissions in the community continue to be ... [Published Kitsap Sun - May 16 2013]

Entities: Oil Spill, Mayflower, Arkansas Department of Health, Aaron Bernstein

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Springdale Har-Ber High School wins tenth annual The Big Pitch Film Festival advanced division

From Har-Ber High School:LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 15, 2013) - Springdale Har-Ber High School has been selected as the advanced division winner of the tenth annual The Big Pitch Film Festival. SOS received 108 entries for the contest - the highest participation ... [Published Todaysthv.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Tobacco, Arkansas Department of Health, Wal-Mart Stores Inc

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Things you should know before you get your hair or nails done.Read More

LITTLE ROCK, AR-- Spring is the time for flip flops and the latest hairdo. But looking good could come at a huge price for some.A woman's experience....Courtney Goff went to get her nails done back in 2011 at a Little Rock shop. She asked for a shellac ... [Published KARK TV - May 10 2013]

Entities: Little Rock (Arkansas, United States), Arkansas Department of Health, Complaints, Ringworm

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Toxic Benzene Fills Air Weeks After Tar Sands Spill

More than a month after ExxonMobil's pipeline spilled thousands of barrels tar sands crude, Arkansas Attorney General warns of nauseating conditions in area- Andrea Germanos, staff writerTar sands oil seen in local waterways weeks after ExxonMobil's Pegasus ... [Published Common Dreams - May 08 2013]

Entities: Oil Sands, Benzene, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Toxic

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Ark. AG: Health issues a concern after oil spill

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday he's concerned about the public health implications of an oil spill earlier this year in Mayflower."As we met with residents and groups that represent them ... I heard time and ... [Published CNBC - May 08 2013]

Entities: Oil Spill, Dustin McDaniel, Mayflower

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Health Briefs Features the Arkansas Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program

The producers of are pleased to announce the Arkansas Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program will be featured in an upcoming segment on "Optimizing Workplace Productivity through Effective Wellness Solutions" as part of the show's Business of Healthcare ... [Published Digital Journal - May 04 2013]

Entities: Lifestyle, Arkansas Department of Health, Paul Scott, Terry Bradshaw

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Obituary: Leona Ginther

Leona Marguerite Ginther (nee Bonneau), 89, of Russellville went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.The daughter of Louise and Arthur Bonneau, she was born June 5, 1923, in Hammond, Ind. She was a 1941 graduate of Hammond High School ... [Published Russellville Courier - May 02 2013]

Entities: Roman Catholic Church, Arkansas Department of Health, Francis of Assisi, AARP

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Evacuated Mayflower Residents Going Home in "Next Few Weeks"

MAYFLOWER, AR - It's now been one month since the Mayflower oil spill that has kept residents of the Northwoods subdivision evacuated from their homes.The Mayflower Unified Command today announced details of its reentry plan for their safe return over ... [Published KNWA - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Mayflower Corp plc, Exxon Mobil Corporation, US Environmental Protection Agency

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

National Infant Immunization Week: What You Need to Know

It's National Infant Immunization Week. The Centers For Disease Control uses this time each year to remind parents how important it is to keep your child's vaccines up to date. It's also a call to action for parents, caregivers, and health care providers ... [Published KNWA - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arkansas Department of Health, Vaccine

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Why would you name your pipeline after a winged horse?

What sort of divine stallion would spill its guts all over your lawn?Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) has offered to buy the homes of residents of a Mayflower, Ark., neighborhood where a pipeline ruptured last month spilling thousands of barrels of oil.The offer ... [Published Environmental Economics - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Arkansas Department of Health, US Department of Housing & Urban Development, Mayflower

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"Overall, air emissions in the community continue to be below levels likely to cause health effects for the general population" Arkansas regulators wrote on a state-operated website that tracks Mayflower's air monitoring data

Arkansas Residents Sick From Exxon Oil Spill Are on Their Own [Published Kitsap Sun - May 16 2013]

"I believe it would have a serious detrimental impact on the environment and the economy in this county" Richie said Monday

Quorum Court to consider opposition to SWEPCO plans [Published Carroll County News - May 16 2013]

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Quorum Court to consider opposition to SWEPCO p... [Published Carroll County News - May 16 2013]
Springdale Har-Ber High School wins tenth annua... [Published Todaysthv.com - May 16 2013]
New Abortion Laws Inspire Mixed Feelings from W... [Published KARK TV - May 14 2013]
Another Week of Anthropocene Antics, May 12, 20... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 14 2013]
Tobacco Tax Revenue Goes Down by 5.2% in Arkans... [Published SBWire - May 13 2013]
Things you should know before you get your hair... [Published KARK TV - May 10 2013]
Arkansas tobacco tax revenue down 5.2% [Published The City Wire - May 10 2013]
Blair Willman talks about heat safety for pets.... [Published KARK TV - May 09 2013]
Cedarville, Waldron Receive Wellness Center Grants [Published Southwest Times Record - May 09 2013]
Toxic Benzene Fills Air Weeks After Tar Sands S... [Published Common Dreams - May 08 2013]
More rabies cases reported [Published Paris Express - May 08 2013]
Midday open thread [Published Daily Kos - May 08 2013]
Ark. AG: Health issues a concern after oil spill [Published CNBC - May 08 2013]
Health Briefs Features the Arkansas Healthy Emp... [Published Digital Journal - May 04 2013]
Tax Vote: Huntington Sees Change, Need For Coun... [Published Southwest Times Record - May 04 2013]
Breathless: Georgia Pacific responds to health ... [Published KNOE TV8 - May 03 2013]
Obituary: Leona Ginther [Published Russellville Courier - May 02 2013]
Citizen group finds 30 toxic chemicals in air f... [Published Mongabay.com - May 01 2013]
Evacuated Mayflower Residents Going Home in "Ne... [Published KNWA - Apr 30 2013]
Cayman Chemical Achieves ISO Accreditations [Published Forensic Magazine - Apr 30 2013]
Preparations Begin for Northwoods Residents to ... [Published Noodls - Apr 29 2013]
Mayflower: Preparations Begin for Northwoods Re... [Published Fox 16 - Apr 29 2013]
PB Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta reaching out to... [Published Pine Bluff Commercial News - Apr 28 2013]
Carroll-Boone Water District has organizational... [Published Carroll County News - Apr 26 2013]
Mayflower Cleanup Continues Transition to Longe... [Published Noodls - Apr 25 2013]
National Infant Immunization Week: What You Nee... [Published KNWA - Apr 24 2013]
Why would you name your pipeline after a winged... [Published Environmental Economics - Apr 23 2013]

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Another Week of Anthropocene Antics, May 12, 20... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 14 2013] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information is not Knowledge…Knowledge is not Wisdom ...
Midday open thread [Published Daily Kos - May 08 2013] Today's comic by Jen Sorensen is Fly Air Air : Guess who Sen. Marco Rubio blames for Boston Marathon bombing :If nothing else, recent events should remind us that we are a country at war, that radical Islamic jihadists are evil, and that America ...
Why would you name your pipeline after a winged... [Published Environmental Economics - Apr 23 2013] What sort of divine stallion would spill its guts all over your lawn?Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) has offered to buy the homes of residents of a Mayflower, Ark., neighborhood where a pipeline ruptured last month spilling thousands of barrels of oil.The offer ...
Exxon to remove damaged part of Arkansas oil pi... [Published Energy and energy security - Apr 15 2013] (Reuters) - A 52-feet section of Exxon Mobil Corp 's damaged Arkansas crude oil pipeline will be cut and removed on Monday, the company said. The portion of the Pegasus pipeline, which ruptured on March 29 resulting in a 5,000-barrel oil spill , will ...
Arkansas town in lockdown after oil spill night... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Apr 05 2013] REUTERS / Jacob Slaton There’s one Exxon gas station in Mayflower, Ark. Before last Friday, that’s likely as close as Mayflower residents got to the multinational oil and gas behemoth ExxonMobil. But after the Pegasus Pipeline burst last Friday, ...

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