Nov 04 Watch 8:41 Gaping, painful holes remain in U.S. health care despite coverage gains By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News Dire dental problems and other health issues keep the nonprofit Remote Area Medical busy running free clinics, particularly in states that didn't expand Medicaid. Even after Obamacare, large coverage gaps still exist in the nation's health care system. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 8:03 The struggling, rural, white communities that feel like nobody cares By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 22 In Appalachia, cancer rates are stubbornly high. One woman’s quest to find out why By Bob Tedeschi, STAT In the poorest communities spanning Appalachia, cancer is often a death sentence. But one woman has launched a number of initiatives to try to help. Continue reading
May 03 Once a Clinton stronghold, Appalachia now Trump country By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Recent events in Appalachia mark a striking political shift for the Clintons, who've long staked their electoral fortunes on working class white voters. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 8:41 Why cancer is so hard to fight in rural Kentucky By PBS News Hour Cancer is epidemic in eastern Kentucky, a result of medical illiteracy, limited access to care, unhealthy lifestyles and poverty. In fact, life expectancy in the region is five years shorter than the rest of the nation. But state health officials… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch In a Town Called Grundy, Some Dental Relief for Appalachia’s Poorest Hundreds of dentists travel to Grundy, Va., to help the uninsured each fall. Continue watching
Mar 24 Smithsonian Fine Tunes a New Collection of Appalachian Blues By Arts Desk The migration of the blues from the fields of the Mississippi Delta to clubs on the southside of Chicago has been well-documented by historians and musicologists, but there is also a rich tradition in and around the Appalachian mountains that… Continue reading