Statewide News Releases
October 2025
June 2025
April 2025
September 2024
- Delta Innovator Search Announces Winning Ideas To Improve Health, Economy in Region – September 26, 2024
April 2024
- ACHI Analysis Shows Who Is Delivering Babies in Arkansas – April 29, 2024
- Nominations Sought for ACHI’S 2024 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – April 18, 2024
December 2022
- With Flu Cases and Deaths High, Arkansas Hospitals, ACHI Urge Flu Shots – December 14, 2022
October 2022
- ACHI Gives Thanks for Extraordinary Efforts, Sacrifices in Pandemic – October 19, 2022
September 2022
- Food Deserts Common in Arkansas, ACHI Analysis Shows – September 29, 2022
- ACHI Analysis Shows Arkansas Making Progress in Expanding Access to Naloxone – September 14, 2022
April 2022
- Applications Sought for ACHI’s Inaugural G. Richard Smith, MD, Fellowship in Health Services and Policy Research – April 12, 2022
- Nominations Sought for ACHI’s 2022 Dr. Tom Bruce Arkansas Health Impact Award – April 11, 2022
- ACHI Board Proposes ‘Day of Reflection and Healing’ on April 27 To Acknowledge Impact of COVID-19 – April 8, 2022
February 2022
- ACHI Map for New Known COVID-19 Infections Reflects Drop in Transmission; Reduced Testing, At-Home Tests Threaten Accuracy – February 24
- 97 School Districts in Red or Purple Zones on ACHI Map for New COVID-19 Infections – February 17
- All But 9 School Districts in Red, Purple, or Pink on ACHI Map for New COVID-19 Infections – February 10
- For 3rd Week, All School Districts in Red, Purple, or Pink on ACHI Map for New COVID-19 Infections; Fewer Districts in Pink – February 2
January 2022
- Nearly 80% of School Districts in Pink Zone on ACHI Map for New COVID-19 Infections – January 27
- For First Time, Every School District in Red, Purple, or Pink on ACHI Map for New COVID-19 Infections – January 20
- 226 Arkansas School Districts in Red, Purple, and Pink Zones on ACHI Map for New COVID-19 Infections – January 13
- ACHI Urges Short-Term Actions To Fight Omicron: Sheltering in Place for At-Risk Families; Masking in All Districts; Virtual Instruction for Some School Districts – January 10
- ACHI Urges Arkansans To Recognize Omicron Threat, Take Action – January 7
- Record Increase Seen in Arkansas School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’S Map for New COVID-19 Infections – January 5
December 2021
- 28 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’S Map for New COVID-19 Infections – December 30
- Report: Arkansas Patients Often Face Financial Barriers to Necessary Follow-Up Colonoscopies – December 17
- 33 School Districts in Red Zone on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections, Up From 28 Last Week – December 16
- 28 School Districts in Red Zone on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections, Up From 19 Last Week – December 9
- 19 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – December 2
November 2021
October 2021
- 11 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – October 28
- 17 School Districts in Red, None in Purple on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – October 21
- 22 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – October 14
- 40 School Districts in Red, None in Purple on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – October 7
September 2021
- 77 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – September 30
- ACHI Leads First-of-Its-Kind Study To Analyze Impact of Medical Marijuana in Arkansas – September 23
- 147 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – September 23
- 161 School Districts in Red, Purple Zones on ACHI’s Map for New COVID-19 Infections – September 16
- Number of ‘Purple Zone’ Arkansas School Districts Reaches All-Time High – September 9
- 188 School Districts in Red or Purple Zones on ACHI’s COVID-19 Map – September 2
August 2021
- ACHI, ADH Now Tracking Vaccination Rates by Community, Zip Code, School District – August 31
- Record-Tying Number of School Districts in Red Zone on ACHI’s COVID-19 Map – August 26
- ACHI, Arkansas Department of Health Partner to Track Vaccination Rates by School District – August 25
- All But 3 Arkansas School Districts Now in Orange, Red, or Purple on ACHI’s COVID-19 Map – August 19
- ACHI Launches Website Feature Tracking COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, Vaccination Rates in Arkansas Nursing Homes – August 16
- Vast Majority of Arkansas School Districts in Red and Purple Zones on ACHI’s COVID-19 Map – August 12
- Multiple Arkansas Organizations Support Call for Mask Mandates in Schools, Colleges – August 10
- ACHI Board Urges Action by Arkansas K-12 Schools, Colleges to Require Masks – August 10
- Number of Arkansas School Districts With 50-Plus COVID-19 Infections Per 10k Residents Grows From 100 to 140 – August 5
February 2021
- Screening All Pregnant Women for Hepatitis C Would Reduce Child Deaths – February 24
- Number of Arkansas School Districts With High Community Infection Rates Drops to 102 – February 11
- ACHI Board Urges Extension of Arkansas Medicaid Eligibility to Marshallese – February 9
- Number of Arkansas School Districts With High Community Infection Rates Now at 122 – February 4
January 2021
- ACHI Begins Posting COVID-19 Data by Region – January 29
- Number of Arkansas School Districts With High Community Infection Rates Now at 128 – January 28
- Dr. Joe Thompson Named to National Advisory Group on Racial Equity in Health Services Research – January 25
- Number of Arkansas School Districts With High Community Infection Rates Now at 175 – January 21
- 86% of Arkansas School Districts Now Have High Community Infection Rates – January 14
- Arkansas School Districts With High Community Infection Rates Now at 179 – January 7