Health & Wellness

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (346+ words) Mental Health Association Oklahoma (MHAOK) welcomes Aaron Wilder, CFRE, as its chief development officer, following an extensive search. Wilder brings more than 15 years of nonprofit experience, including fundraising, organizational strategy, community engagement and team building. The chief development officer role…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (282+ words) By: Journal Record Staff//October 6, 2026// OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma has received $9,514,404 in federal funding through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program to continue voluntary home visiting services for pregnant women, parents and young children. The grant represents an…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1222+ words) At Aspire Wellness, a new outpatient behavioral health clinic in Springfield, there are sensory rooms, classrooms for group therapy and ample space for walk-ins. Aspire will serve adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At least, that’s the goal. For now,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (339+ words) TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences hosted its first Orange Impact event Thursday and raised more than $800,000 toward a new wellness center and scholarships for students. The event was designed to showcase the growing campus, the latest…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (489+ words) The University of Oklahoma has received a $150 million gift from Harold Hamm, marking the largest single gift in university history and bringing Hamm’s lifetime giving to OU to nearly $250 million. The commitment will support health education, research and discovery, workforce…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (359+ words) KOKH When a person is in the middle of a serious mental health crisis and can’t make medical decisions for themselves, families say Oklahoma’s system can leave legal guardians struggling to get basic information needed to help Senate…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (750+ words) The latest effort to improve the state's historically poor health outcomes comes in the form of a joint resolution allocating up to $1 million in economic development incentives to support a major research expansion at the University of Oklahoma's health campus,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (355+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KTTC) – September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Kid With Courage Junior DiMartino of St. Paul is an excellent example of what it means to be a fighter. “I’m a blue belt. That’s the fifth belt,” Junior, 9, said....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (253+ words) In November, Oklahomans will choose between Mike Mazzei and Cyndi Munson for governor. The next governor should treat healthcare the way Oklahoma treats aerospace and energy: as a strategic asset worth investing in. Consider Tinker Air Force Base. Oklahoma leaders…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) Fight for Alabama Families, an IVF advocacy coalition formed after the Alabama Supreme Court’s 2024 embryo ruling, presented U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) with its Pro-Family Champion Award in Washington, D.C., last week. “We traveled to D.C. this week to…...