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Many hope this NC county’s hospital won’t close. It’s the only one around.
April 24, 2025
Washington Regional Medical Center in rural Plymouth is a lifeline in a barren health landscape. But financial problems could threaten that.
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After years of neglect, rural Pa. water system sees upgrades under interim management
April 16, 2025
Rock Spring’s customers have dealt with unreliable service for more than a decade.
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After community pushback, rural Ohio fairgrounds cancels conversion therapy event
April 16, 2025
The Mercer County Fairgrounds will no longer rent space to a “conference” featuring an out-of-state ex-gay conversion therapy advocate.
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‘People would die’: As summer approaches, Trump is jeopardizing funding for AC
April 11, 2025
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
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School-based telehealth expands further in North Carolina
April 11, 2025
Health advocates say that school-based telehealth care cuts down on absenteeism, ensures that students get routine care that they might not otherwise be able to get, and can even boost test scores.
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Food banks brace for continued USDA funding cuts
April 11, 2025
Feeding America Southwest Virginia, which works with more than 300 local programs, relies on the USDA for almost a third of its food.
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Rural Pharmacies Are Transforming to Take on More Healthcare Responsibilities
April 09, 2025
With the shortage of medical professionals serving rural populations deepening, programs like “Flip the Pharmacy” help pharmacists move “from prescription-level care processes and into patient-level care processes.”
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RFK Jr.’s federal health department cuts sow confusion, uncertainty and fear in North Carolina
April 09, 2025
Federal workers and grant recipients wade into uncertain waters as they await details of a restructuring plan promoted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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As Mississippi Prepares for Avian Flu, Federal Chaos Looms Large
April 08, 2025
No matter how prepared Mississippi might be internally, a federal government at odds with itself and too crippled to rapidly respond to a new viral threat could render the best laid plans of state governments to waste—precisely the crisis engulfing the federal state right now.
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Cuts in federal funding for food will hurt pantries and producers
April 07, 2025
Eliminating the programs will also reduce federal spending at roughly 55 farms in the state, many of them smaller operations that shipped fresh foods to schools, food banks and tribal charities.
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Planned Parenthood’s Michigan closures leave UP without an abortion clinic
April 03, 2025
The decision, announced by Planned Parenthood on Thursday, means there will be no in-person providers of abortion services in the Upper Peninsula — covering 15 counties and over 300,000 people.
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Montana food banks hit by cuts to federal assistance
April 03, 2025
With food insecurity rising, food banks statewide expect to feel the effects of reductions to the federal emergency program.
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Federal NIH Cuts Hit Greater Yellowstone Disease Research
April 02, 2025
Lab workers studying tick expansion lose staff, resources involved in Lyme, chronic wasting disease, coronavirus research and related threats.
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Rural Youth Face Funding Cuts for Local Foods for Schools Program
April 02, 2025
According to experts, ending USDA’s Local Food for Schools Program will increase rural kids’ food insecurity. It comes at the heels of a proposed SNAP benefits cuts, compounding economic stress on families reliant on federal assistance.
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In the wake of disasters, rural health could end up running on sunshine
April 02, 2025
Solar microgrids and other modern technologies could transform care delivery in disaster-prone, underserved areas.
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