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In recognition of its supporting efforts in Arkansas’ response to COVID-19, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement has received national recognition.  The Network Member Impact Award from the National Network of Public Health Institutes was presented to ACHI on May…

The ACHI reported on Wednesday that the number of Arkansas public school districts with COVID-19 infection rates of 50 or more new known infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period has seen a nearly five-fold increase, going from…

David L. Williams III, Ph.D., of Fayetteville, a longtime Arkansas leader in the behavioral health field, is the recipient of the 2021 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) announced Tuesday. The health…

Zero Arkansas public school districts have Covid-19 infection rates of 50 or more new infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI), citing its analysis of data obtained Monday Nov.…

Researchers at the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have been awarded a $1.3 million research grant through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a division of the National Institute of Health, to…

Two hundred school districts in Arkansas have COVID-19 infection rates of 50 or more new known infections per 10,000 district residents over a 14-day period, according to data by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) released Thursday afternoon. The…

The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement is seeking nominations for its annual Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award. Bruce was the University of Arkansas College of Medicine deanand helped to expand the college during his tenure, as well as…

More than 100 Arkansas school districts have had 50 or more new COVID-19 infections per 10,000 district residents, according to the latest report from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI). The health organization announced that 102 school districts had…

In the last 14 days, 179 Arkansas school districts have reported 50 or more COVID-19 infections per 100,000 district residents, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. This accounts for more than half of the public school districts statewide.…

Across Arkansas, the number of school districts in the COVID-19 “red zone” has decreased in the past week but remains substantially higher than last month’s total. According to a new report from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI), in…