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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Use of antipsychotic meds in nursing homes remains flat
January 15, 2026
Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.
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Everything you need to know about Montana’s rural health windfall
January 13, 2026
How far could the $1 billion, five-year investment go toward filling the hole left by Medicaid cuts?
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Program that brought mental health professionals to rural Oklahoma schools looking for new funding
January 13, 2026
An OU-based, federally funded program to get more mental health professionals in rural Oklahoma schools has seen its funding end prematurely — and it’s searching for new funding sources to keep the mission going.
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¿Dónde encontrar clínicas y programas de salud para trabajadores agrícolas en Wake?
January 12, 2026
Existen dos centros de salud comunitarios que ofrecen ayuda médica para los trabajadores agrícolas en el condado.
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New mental health program meets kids where they are: at school
January 12, 2026
Nurture Now is available to Appomattox County students from preschool through high school.
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Proposed Fluvanna gas plant could lead to new premature deaths and rising asthma rates, study finds
January 09, 2026
A Harvard study projects increased pollution and long-term health impacts across central Virginia.
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Queer-owned farm-to-table businesses reclaim history in a former rural Ohio gay bar
January 08, 2026
They hope to help improve health outcomes and build community in a place that hasn’t always been welcoming to the LGBTQ+ population.
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Heart care expands to South Santa Clara County
January 07, 2026
Previously, people living in South County’s rural communities might have had to drive 35 miles north – an hour each way depending on traffic – to receive these services in San Jose.
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Colorado gets $200 million from the feds in rural health care “Hunger Games”
December 30, 2025
The money comes from a fund created as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It will help Colorado improve rural health care across the state.
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Texas to receive $281 million in federal funds for rural health care
December 29, 2025
Texas will get the biggest portion of the first rollout of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, which was created in tandem with legislation slashing Medicaid funding.
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Mental health care clinic for underserved opens in Hollister
December 24, 2025
Maintaining a desire to reach underserved communities, North American Mental Health Services now has clinics near or in several rural regions, where mental health services are scarce.
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A group of community members are hoping to start a new medical school in Shasta. Here’s what we know
December 23, 2025
The Rural Northern California Medical Education Consortium, made up of eight physicians, educators, health care leaders and community partners, is working to develop ideas for a North State medical school.
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Can the Montana State Hospital regain federal standing without electronic health records?
December 22, 2025
The state psychiatric facility still doesn’t have an electronic system for tracking medical records. Health officials say they’re reapplying for federal certification anyway.
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Beds are back: Recovery center reopens Vergennes location for people needing low level treatment
December 19, 2025
Valley Vista reopened the doors of its previously shuttered Vergennes facility and nearly doubled the state’s capacity for low-level substance use residential treatment services.
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Board allocates nearly $1 million in opioid funds to support two Shasta College programs
December 17, 2025
The funding will help support paid internships for students working towards future careers in drug and alcohol treatment.
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