Health Dec 29 Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached By Devi Shastri, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press
Health Jul 14 Why older rural Americans can be hit hardest after floods and other disasters Rural hospitals have been closing, putting emergency care further out of reach, but that’s only one of the heightened challenges aging rural communities face after a disaster. By Lori Hunter, The Conversation
Health Jan 14 Watch 9:09 How rural communities are tackling a suicide and depression crisis among farmers More than 50,000 Americans took their own lives in 2023, the nation’s highest yearly rate of suicide on record. Farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association. By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman
Health Nov 18 Watch 8:45 In Ohio, nurse practitioners push to lift restrictions on how they provide care One in four health visits in the U.S. are now provided by non-physicians, as a growing number of nurse practitioners fill in critical health care gaps. But nurse practitioners say their work is hampered by outdated restrictions on providing care… By Stephanie Sy, Gabriel Roy
Health Apr 12 Watch 9:01 Rural healthcare access at risk as public health efforts become politicized The pandemic highlighted the power of local health departments and brought backlash from people who said these authorities were overreaching. In the wake of the turmoil, many were overhauled, leaving an outsized impact on rural parts of the country. With… By Dr. Alok Patel
Apr 11 After a rural California hospital closes, farmworkers pay the price By Kerry Klein According to the Farmworker Health Study, published earlier this year following in-depth interviews with more than 1,200 farmworkers across California, between one-third and one-half of farmworkers surveyed suffer from chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension. Continue reading
Oct 30 When monkeypox reaches rural communities, it collides with strained public health systems By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Experts say the response to the monkeypox virus in rural America may be affected by the patchy resources and bitter politics that are a legacy of the pandemic, challenges that some worry could allow sporadic infections to gain a foothold. Continue reading
Oct 01 COVID is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of urbanites By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News The pandemic is devastating rural America, where lower vaccination rates are compounding the already limited medical care. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 7:43 Pandemic brings telehealth to the forefront The University of Mississippi and other medical groups have been pioneering the use of telemedicine to connect people living in the state's rural areas to health care. But while telemedicine has been slow to take off nationwide, the spread of… Continue watching
Feb 09 Opinion: Shared medical appointments could fix what's broken about traditional doctor's visits By Maureen Mavrinac, Health Affairs This primary care physician has been frustrated with the one-on-one doctor visit model for years. But what if there's a better way for doctors and patients to give and receive care?… Continue reading