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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Federal cuts to NC public health funding trickling down to local programs
June 12, 2025
Federal cuts have hit NC DHHS funding for local programs, including for HIV, tobacco cessation and well-water testing that face layoffs.
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Federal budget bill could strip 300K Pennsylvanians of Medicaid coverage, push rural hospitals to the brink
June 10, 2025
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill could have a disastrous effect on the health of rural Pennsylvanians and the operations of the hospitals and other medical centers that care for them.
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Community Preps Summer Lunch Program for Kids
June 06, 2025
Through this collaboration, neighbors and friends are stepping up to help kids and their families.
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Watchdogs: Michigan nursing homes may be hiding profits as residents suffer
June 05, 2025
The four Michigan chains in the report own 98 homes in Michigan, or more than 1 in 5 of the state’s skilled nursing facilities.
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A look at the wins rural Texas scored in this year’s legislative session
June 05, 2025
Lawmakers sought to close gaps in education and support funding for agriculture, disaster preparedness and health care this year.
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Proposed SNAP cuts trouble NC food assistance programs
June 05, 2025
Private philanthropy won’t be able to make up the difference at food banks if proposed SNAP and Medicaid cuts are enacted, program operators say. Those benefits go a long way in rural North Carolina and the state’s small towns, where one in six residents have benefited from SNAP, compared with the one in nine residents in metro areas.
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Healthy Opportunities Pilot told to prepare for program to shutter July 1
June 03, 2025
Spending plans proposed by North Carolina’s House of Representatives and Senate effectively eliminate funding for the program.
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Another rural NC community coping with recent loss of hospital’s labor and delivery unit
May 30, 2025
Elimination of maternity unit in Harnett continues pattern of lost women’s services in rural North Carolina hospitals, including several nearby counties.
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Opioid overdose deaths drop in Missouri, but rural areas fight stigmas, barriers to care
May 28, 2025
Investment in medicines like Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug, has allowed many Missourians to respond to opioid overdoses quickly. But more work is needed to address barriers to care and other stigmas, especially in rural areas.
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Scathing new report details North Carolina’s involuntary commitment problem
May 27, 2025
Disability Rights NC spent a year investigating the state’s overuse of the legal procedure, which leaves patients locked up at a high cost with few rights.
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Texas measles outbreak still slowing down
May 23, 2025
The tight-knit Mennonite community in Gaines County, mostly centered around the town of Seminole, have been hardest hit.
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Social Services to receive special designation
May 20, 2025
The designation, presented by the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging, reflects the significant role of the Town of Kent Social Services plays in supporting older adults within the community.
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Brunswick human exposure study leaves more questions than answers for participants
May 20, 2025
The 97-participant study included residents who lived, worked near the toxic sites.
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Nearly 70 percent of Mississippi rural hospitals don’t deliver babies; new report shows trend is growing nationwide
May 13, 2025
Rural hospitals across the country are shuttering their labor and delivery doors, leaving millions of women – including Mississippians – without maternity care.
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‘Devastating’: Blue Cross moms now face out of pocket costs for breastfeeding help
May 09, 2025
Mississippi moms will no longer be able to use Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi insurance to cover lactation services after they leave the hospital.
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