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The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) produces a Weekly Viral Respiratory Diseases Report for clinicians. The report provides information on Influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) activity in the state. The report also compares activities in Arkansas to the U.S. ADH receives reports of only a fraction of COVID-19 cases and flu cases since it only requires reports of flu hospitalizations, deaths, and outbreaks. RSV is not a reportable disease in Arkansas. Therefore, it is important to understand that the information in the weekly update is representative of the timing and location of activity, but it does not reflect the overall disease burden. It is presumed that there are many more people actually affected than the report shows. Clinicians and policymakers may find the report helpful in terms of communicating to colleagues and patients about the current status of viral respiratory diseases in the state and nationwide.
This week's new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's eagerly anticipated album "The Tortured Poets Department," a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie "Migration" and Conan O'Brien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new travel show "Conan O'Brien Must Go" for Max. Fresh off her Oscar nomination, Lily Gladstone stars in a new limited series for Hulu called "Under the Bridge" with Riley Keough, and writer-director Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver" lands on Netflix.
March 29 is the date set aside annually to honor Vietnam Veterans. This year the Arkansas Society and the Harrison Colony Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, partnered with the Jordan Milam Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, to honor their chapter members who were veterans of the Vietnam War and to properly welcome them home.
Nobel Peace Prize winner in philosophy Albert Schweitzer once wrote, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but the one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” This particular brand of community dedication is remarkable, and few resemble the sentiment such as Senior Corporal Justin Ricketts of the Arkansas State Police Department.
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield invites the community to join them for National Walk at Lunch Day on April 24. “The lunch hour is the perfect time to fit activity into your day,” said Kristen Lippencott, Arkansas Blue Cross manager of Well-being and Health Solution Strategies. “Just a short walk can help your body stretch and rejuvenate. It also breaks up your day and helps clear your mind so you can focus better when you return to work. Plus, you get an energy boost to avoid the 2 p.m. slump we always hear about.”
WASHINGTON — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has joined a high school teacher and two students who sued Arkansas over the state's ban on critical race theory and “indoctrination” in public schools, asking a federal judge to strike down the restrictions as unconstitutional.
Have you ever read or looked at a recipe and thought, "I have to try that?" Or, maybe you've eaten a dish and felt the need to ask for the recipe. Well, I do it quite often as I surf the Internet or browse Pinterest (yes, I have 8,000-plus recipes saved to my Pinterest account).
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