Rural Hospital Closures Leave Cities with Unhealthy Real Estate
JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents in the hills of east Tennessee…
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TCM herbal medicine leads to rural prosperity
Meng Weixiang, who is in charge of a TCM planting cooperative of Zhangtiaogong village in Dezhou of Shandong…
Read MoreCity-country mortality gap widens amid persistent holes in rural health care access
In Matthew Roach’s two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10…
Read MoreMed students help rural kids avoid suspension with mobile physicals
By Jaymie Baxley In North Carolina, first-time public schoolchildren and students who have moved here from other states…
Read MoreChatham Maternity Care Center bucks trend of rural maternity closures
By Rachel Crumpler In the past decade, 14 rural hospitals in North Carolina have stopped providing maternity care.…
Read MoreFederal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels ‘Growing Pains’
KEOKUK, Iowa — Folks in this Mississippi River town hope a new federal program can revive the optimism…
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