December 18: Flu-like Illnesses are Crisscrossing the State  Health Department Encourages Flu Shot
	December 18: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus  One Confirmed Case Each in Ashley and Bradley Counties;
	December 17: Alvey Named Risk Communications Specialist/PIO   For Bioterrorism Preparedness Team at Arkansas Department of Health
	December 10: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus  One Confirmed Case Each in Drew and Pulaski Counties; One Suspect Case of West Nile Virus in Pulaski County
	December 6: Arkansas Department of Health Finalizing Smallpox Preparedness Plans There Are No Plans to Vaccinate General Public at This Time
	December 4: Prairie Grove Upper Elementary School Soil Sample Results
	November 18: Arkansas Department of Health Provides Free Flu Shots for Baxter County As Part of Bioterrorism Preparedness Exercise Arkansas One of the First States in the Country to Conduct Bioterrorism Response Scenario Exercise
	November 18: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Two Confirmed Cases in Pulaski County; One Confirmed Death from West Nile Virus in Union County
	November 14: Correction Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Human Case Confirmed; NO Positive Birds in  Fulton County
	November 14: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus  Human Case Confirmed; Fulton County Positive  for Birds
	October 30: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Health Department Adds 1 Suspect Case for  Sebastian County
	October 22: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus  CDC Reports 1 Confirmed Case, 1 Negative Case; ADH Adds  2 Suspect Cases
	October 15: ADH’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Program Announces Availability of Funds
	October 15: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus 8 Suspect Cases Confirmed, 1 Tests Negative, CDC Reports; 5 Counties Added for Positive Birds
	October 9: Local Public Health System Coordinating Public Health Services in Pulaski County
	October 9: Governor, Department Break Ground for New Laboratory
	October 8: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Ashley, Bradley, Independence & Lawrence Counties Have New Suspect Human Cases
	October 3: Flu Vaccine Available in Local County Health Units in Mid-November
	September 30: Department Provides Update on West Nile Virus Drew & Pulaski Counties Have New Suspect Human Cases; 5 Counties Added for Positive Birds
	September 26: Dr. Thomas McChesney –  A Thoroughbred of  Public Health
	September 25: Arkansas Cancer Summit III Makes the Connection September 26
	September 25: State Celebrates Arkansas 5 A Day Week – September 22 – 28, 2002
	September 24: ADH Provides Update on West Nile Virus
	September 19: Missing Radioactive Sources
	September 16: ADH Provides Update on West Nile Virus
	September 9: ADH Provides Update on West Nile Virus
	August 30: ADH Reports 6 Additional Suspect Human Cases for West Nile Virus Birds from Hempstead & Pope Counties Test Positive for Virus
	August 29: CDC Confirms Two More Human Cases of West Nile Virus; Department of Health & Human Services Issues $398,397 Grant to Arkansas
	August 28: CDC Confirms First Human Case of West Nile Virus; Two Additional Suspect Cases Identified
	August 28: Funds Released to All 75 Counties for Mosquito Abatement
	August 26: ADH Learns of Private Lab Results on West Nile Virus for Crittenden County, Requests Sample for Additional Testing
	August 22: ADH Reports 37 Additional Birds Positive for West Nile Virus; Hot Spring, Lawrence, Madison, Perry and Prairie Bring Total Counties Affected to 40
	August 21: Arkansas Store Has Recalled  Ground Beef
	August 21: Abstinence Youth Rally to be Held August 23 & 24
	August 20: ADH Reports 3 Additional Suspect Human Cases of  West Nile Virus
	August 17: ADH Reports 4 More Suspect Human Cases of West Nile Virus
	August 16: Request for Proposals Tobacco Cessation Helpline
	August 16: ADH Reports 1 Suspect Human Case of West Nile Virus; Agency Applauds Jefferson County for Grassroots Clean-up Effort
	August 16: ADH Reports 12 Additional Birds Positive for West Nile Virus; Desha, Drew, Howard and Monroe Bring Total Counties Affected to 32
	August 15: ADH Reports 10 Additional Birds Positive for West Nile Virus; Bradley, Clay, Dallas and White Bring Total Counties Affected  to 28
	August 13: CDC Provides Epidemiologic Assistance to Health Department for West Nile Virus
	August 12: Prairie Grove Fish Flesh Sample Results
	August 12: All Counties Eligible to Apply for Assistance for Mosquito Larvae Abatement to Control West Nile Virus
	August 10: 2 Human Blood Samples Suspected of West Nile Virus
	August 9: CDC Says Human Blood Sample Negative for West Nile Virus; Ashley and Faulkner Counties Added to List for Infected Birds
	August 8: Information About Dead Birds Submitted to the Health Department; Are Pets At Risk For West Nile Virus?
	August 6:  Birds, Issues Precautions Against Viruses
	August 5: ADH and Livestock & Poultry Commission Submit Human Blood Sample and Bird Samples to CDC for Confirmatory Testing for West Nile Virus
	July 30: ADH Sponsors Abstinence Youth Rally
	July 22: ADH Issues Advisory on Consumption of Ground Beef
	July 22: Request for Proposals Coalition & Community-based Programs: Building/Expanding Infrastructure
	July 17: Red River Aluminum Health Consultation Available at City Hall
	July 12: Health Department Reports Dead Blue Jay from St. Francis County Tests Positive for West Nile Virus – No Human Cases in Arkansas
	July 5: RFP Issued for Capacity Building School-based Tobacco Prevention Project
	July 3: ADH BreastCare Program Soliciting Proposals
	July 3: Abstinence Education RFP Issued
	July 3: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Survey to be Conducted in Delta
	June 28: Prairie Grove Private Well Water Results
	June 3: ADH Teams Up with Travelers and Oral Health America to Stop Spit Tobacco
	May 15: Update on Cancer Investigation in Prairie Grove: Water & Soil Samples
	May 10: Governor Huckabee Issues Proclamation for National Women’s Health Week, May 12 - 18
	May 14: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Reports A Recall of Mexican Cantaloupes
	April 29: ADH Update on Cancer Investigation in Prairie Grove
	April 26: Arkansas Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (ABCCCP)/BreastCare Awards Grant
	Arkansas Minority Health Commission ($3,500)>> Community & Minority Outreach Groups ($84,000)>> Mid-Delta Health Systems ($3,790)>> Pope County Health Unit ($9,446)>>
	April 23: ADH Soliciting Request for Proposals for Tobacco Prevention & Education Program
	April 19: ADH Announces Formation of Community Advisory Panel for Cancer Investigation in Prairie Grove Area; Volunteers Needed for Panel
	April 17: ADH Announces Tobacco Prevention and Education Program's Training and Professional Services Request for Proposals (RFP) - PDF
	April 11: Eight Counties in Arkansas under Rabies Alert
	April 9: ADH Updates Prairie Grove Community on Cancer Investigation - Environmental Sampling Plan
	April 2: ADH to Hold Public Meeting April 9 for Citizens of Prairie Grove
	April 1: Six Counties in Arkansas under Rabies Alert
	March 29: ADH Celebrates the Changing Face of Public Health with Public Health Week, April 1-7
	March 21: ADH Creates Web Site for Prairie Grove Citizens Concerned about Possible Cancer Clusters and Advises Citizens about Testing Private Wells
	March 11: Governor Huckabee to Recognize Outstanding Achievements in Promoting Physical Activity
	March 5: Arkansas to Receive $12.2 Million in Bioterrorism Preparedness Funding
	March 4: ADH's Tobacco Prevention and Education Program Does Homework, Takes Initiative with Coalition Planning, Media Campaign, Cessation
	January 6 - 12 Carbon Monoxide Detectors Can Save Lives