Category: Health
CARTI, the state’s largest not-for-profit multidisciplinary cancer care provider, named Adam Head president and CEO in 2017 after a six-month national search. With nearly 20 years of leadership experience, Head previously served as chief operating officer of the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. As CARTI celebrates its 50th anniversary on Sept. 12, Head chatted […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff BENTONVILLE, Ark. – June 22, 2026 – Nearly two weeks before some Medicare recipients will be able to access so-called GLP-1 medications by paying one flat fee per month, the nation’s largest retailer announced a nationwide effort to help those same beneficiaries better understand new prescription drug coverage options for the […]
Film narrated by Viola Davis to be followed by a discussion featuring national advocates, filmmakers and community leaders BENTONVILLE, Ark. – June 17, 2026 – The Bentonville Film Festival, in partnership with Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America and Walmart, will host a screening of “The Ebony Canal,” an internationally recognized documentary that recently won multiple […]
By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – June 16, 2026 – Two former NFL running backs, one with local ties and another with a burgeoning social media and podcast following, will headline an upcoming “Barbershop Talk” on mental health, the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today. The UAMS Fay W. Boozman […]