AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoPublic Health Watch: A fast-moving cyclosporiasis surge is spreading across more than a dozen states, with Michigan reporting over 1,500 cases and 44 hospitalizations; officials say the source hasn’t been identified yet, and CDC guidance points to contaminated fresh produce as the likely culprit. Arkansas Elections: Candidates for Arkansas secretary of state are debating paper ballots and hand-counting, with local audit discrepancies and county-level ballot rules fueling the argument. Food Science in Arkansas: Researchers at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s experiment station say non-alcoholic beer can be made more resistant to pathogens when brewers combine pH (4.2 or less) with moderate hops and carbonation. STEM & Workforce: UA Hope-Texarkana is training students for in-demand technical jobs, while the U of A’s food science and engineering summer academy brought high schoolers into hands-on food tech like 3D food printing and fermentation. Health & Outdoors: Arkansas health officials are urging tick bite prevention as tick-borne illnesses remain a major summer risk, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and alpha-gal syndrome. Local Spotlight: Pine Bluff teacher Melanie Madkin was selected for a Summer Poetry Teachers Institute, and a Farmington family’s “Graham’s Lemonade Stand” raised money for childhood cancer research.
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