Public Health

Act 1220 of 2003
aka: Childhood Obesity Act
Act 1220 of 2003, which launched comprehensive efforts to curb chil...
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Arkansas Blood Labeling Bill
aka: HB 385
On April 2, 1959, Governor Orval E. Faubus signed HB 385 (Blood Lab...
"Mask recommended sign" in building window with multistory building across the street in the background
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) began sweeping the world beginning in late 2019. The virus created a l...
Cude v. State
Archie Cude, a farmer who was born and reared around Houston, Texas, moved his young family in 1948 to the rem...
Portrait black woman military uniform star badge name tag "Elders" various flags including U.S. and Arkansas
Joycelyn Elders (1933–)
aka: Minnie Lee Jones
Joycelyn Elders was director of the Arkansas Department of Health a...
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Henry W. Foster Jr. (1933–2022)
Henry Wendell Foster Jr. was an Arkansas-born obstetrician-gynecologist and a dean at Meharry Medical College....
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Government Free Bathhouse
The Government Free Bathhouse in Hot Springs (Garland County) provided free baths to the indigent, sick, and i...
Oil can on sawhorse above ditch dug in the ground
Malaria Control Projects in Southeast Arkansas
Two malaria control demonstration projects in southeast Arkansas during the Progressive Era showed not only th...
Obesity
Obesity is a complex issue impacting every segment of the population and having many roots. The drivers and he...
Poster "Now Venereal Diseases"
Public Health
Public health is a dynamic, interdisciplinary field with the goal of improving and maintaining the health and ...
"U.S. Hospital" steamboat docked at town with train
Sanitation
The term “sanitation” is used today to describe the elimination or control of dangerous bacteria, especial...
Senior Centers
Senior centers provide educational, nutritional, and recreational services for people over age sixty. They are...
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Sex Education
The United States does not federally mandate sex education in public schools. Instead, the government leaves d...
Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000
After the establishment of the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 between several major U.S. tobacco companie...
White woman and three white men behind sign promoting immunization.
Vaccination
Vaccination artificially increases immunity to disease and contributes to the development of herd immunity, wh...