ADH | HealthNet News Archives

December 22 -	Health Department Activates Flu Information Page on ADH Website
December 15 -	Health Department Reports 9 Probable Deaths from Influenza State’s First Death in Person Under 21 Years of Age
December 5 -	Health Department Reports Widespread Flu Activity In The State Vaccine Supplies Getting Low in State and at National Level
November 21 -	Health Department Investigating Possible Foodborne Outbreak
October 31 -	Human Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Bradley County
October 30 -	Health Department Echoing FDA Alert About Use of Decorative Contact Lenses
October 23 -	Human Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Pulaski County
October 17 -	Birds Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Boone and Marion Counties
October 15 -	Human Case of West Nile Virus in Pope County Positive Mosquito Pool for West Nile Virus in Ouachita County
October 13 -	Human Case of West Nile Virus in Arkansas County Bird Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Columbia County
October 9 -	New Human Cases of West Nile Virus Reported In Arkansas and Benton, Pulaski and Miller Counties
October 1 -	Human Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Pope County
September 30 -	Birds Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Clay and Cleveland Counties
September 29 -	Human Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Union County
September 23 -	Lonoke County-England Health Department to Close
September 23 -	Department Reports Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Pope County
September 17 -	Department Reports Positive Human Case of West Nile Virus in Drew County and Positive Bird in Desha, Lawrence and Monroe Counties
September 11 -	Department Reports Positive Human Case Of West Nile Virus in Columbia County
September 8 -	Department Reports Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Independence County; 7th Positive Human in Jefferson County
September 4 -	Department Reports Birds Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Franklin , Lafayette, Phillips, Poinsett, Saline, Scott, and Stone Counties
September 3 -	Guidelines on Reporting of Body Mass Index Endorsed by Arkansas Child Health Advisory Committee
September 3 -	Department Reports Humans Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Cleburne, Miller, Pulaski, and Sevier Counties and Positive Bird in Washington County
August 28 -	Horse Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Van Buren County
August 25 -	Two Additional Positive Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Jefferson County Positive Birds Found in Ashley, Conway, Greene, Hempstead, Miller & Woodruff Counties
August 18 -	One Additional Positive Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Jefferson County Positive Birds Identified in Chicot, Craighead, Dallas and Lonoke Counties
August 15 -	Nearly 2-Year-Old Letter Contains Mild Traces of Anthrax; Public Health Risk Negligible
August 13 -	Two Additional Positive Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Jefferson County
August 13 -	Parents Reminded About Back-to-School Immunizations
August 12 -	Bird Tests Positive for West Nile Virus in Drew County
August 8 -	ADH Taking Precautionary Measures For Measles Outbreak in Marshall Islands
August 7 -	Health Department Reporting Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Pulaski County
August 6 -	Health Department Reporting Human Case of West Nile Virus in Jefferson County and Birds Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Cleburne, Sebastian and Mississippi Counties
August 1 -	Positive Mosquito Pool for West Nile Virus in Green County Mosquito Pools are One of Three Surveillance Methods
July 29 -	World Breastfeeding Week - August 1-7, 2003 Healthy Mothers & Healthy Babies
July 29 -	Birds Positive for West Nile Virus in Little River and Union Counties
July 20 -	Beat the Heat: Health Department Offers Heat Survival Tips
July 19 -	Health Department Investigates Whooping Cough Cases in Northwest Public Health Region
July 11 -	Health Department Reporting Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Jefferson County
July 7 -	More Childbearing Women and Children Eligible for Nutrition Program
July 1 -	Health Department Reporting Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Arkansas County
June 25 -	ADH Promotes National HIV Testing Day About 300 Arkansans Diagnosed with HIV in Each of Last 3 Years
June 25 -	Health Director, to Speak at National Association of School Nurses Conference Connecting Youth, Families and Communities: Arkansas’ Model
June 20 -	ADH Reports Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Crawford and Hot Spring Counties
June 20 -	ADH Director Issues Emergency Order Declaring Monkeypox as a ‘Notifiable Disease & Condition’
June 18 -	Health Department Reporting Second Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Clark County
June 17 -	Horse in Logan County Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
June 17 -	ADH Cuts Clinic Hours in 8 Units Due to State General Revenue Cuts
June 12 -	No Monkeypox Reported in Arkansas to Date Residents Asked to Become Familiar with Symptoms of Disease
June 11 -	Health Department Activating Automated West Nile Virus Phone Line
June 10 -	Arkansas Department of Health Promotes Physical Activity for Arthritis Sufferers
June 9 -	New Efforts Connect Mouth to Body at Governor’s Oral Health Summit
June 5 -	Health Department Reporting State’s First Bird Testing Positive for West Nile Virus in Benton County
June 4 -	“The Shape We’re In” Five-Part News Series Available for Distribution
June 3 -	Arkansas Reports First Probable Case of SARS Discharged from Hospital and Fully Recovered
May 24 -	Arkansas Reports First Probable Case of SARS
May 19 -	Health Department Begins Surveillance for West Nile Virus Arkansans Encouraged to Bring Dead Blue Jays and Crows to Local Health Units
May 14 -	Arkansas EMS Week Highlights Importance of Roles
May 13 -	Sebastian County Horse Tests Positive for West Nile Virus State Health Department Offers Recommendations for Protection Against Illnesses Spread by Mosquitoes
May 8 -	Local Event Helps Answer the Surgeon General's Call to Action
April 30 -	U.S. Consumer Safety Commission Says Deadly Products Are Still In Use Despite Warnings and Recalls; Agency Releases "Most Hazardous" List and Urges Home Inspections
April 22 -	Arkansas Brings Home a C- on Oral Health Report Card
April 4 -	CDC Reports 100 Suspect SARS Cases in U.S.; No Cases to Date in Arkansas, Surveillance Continues
April 1 -	Agency Suspends Smallpox Vaccinations, Reviews CDC Guidance
April 1 -	Partnership Efforts in Three Counties Helping To Save Lives
March 27 -	Health Department and Arkansas Rural Automated External Defibrillators Coalition Distribute Devices to 172 Communities
March 27 -	Arkansas One of Four States Acknowledged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Exemplary Work to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke
March 25 -	Pulaski County Southwest Health Unit Reopened
March 21 -	Pulaski County Southwest Health Unit Closed Due to Methane Gas Leak
March 19 -	Smallpox Vaccination Program Update
March 18 -	Growing Number of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Cases No cases reported in United States at this time
March 13 -	Health Department Advises Pocahontas Residents Of Lead Waste Site Samples Taken From Grit Piles Show Elevated Lead Levels
February 20 -	Department Provides Final Update on West Nile Virus
February 19 -	Arkansas Begins Vaccination of Public Health Smallpox Response Team Members Clinics for Hospital Response Teams to Start Week of February 24
February 18 -	ADH Releases Preliminary List of Hospitals Participating in Phase I of Smallpox Pre-Event Plan
February 7 -	Arkansas Receives 8,000 Smallpox Vaccine Doses
February 4 -	Health Department Sponsors Symposium on AIDS and African Americans Symposium Part of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Activities
January 29 -	Arkansas Department of Health Orders Smallpox Vaccine Dr. Boozman to Receive First Vaccine February 19
January 24 -	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Begins Shipment of Smallpox Vaccine Arkansas’ Shipment Expected to Arrive in February
January 21 -	Two Arkansas Veterinarians Attend First National Training For Zoonotic Bioterrorism Preparedness
January 13 -	Stamp Out Smoking Quitline Introduced
January 13 -	NRC Performs Review of ADH's Radiation Control & Emergency Management Radioactive Materials Program
January 8 -	Survey Shows Stamp Out Smoking Campaign Hitting Target