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Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes climbs
April 21, 2024
After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents has ticked back up in recent years.
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Five takeaways from our reporting on Montana State Hospital
April 18, 2024
Medical practitioners and other staff at the state psychiatric hospital in Warm Springs (Pop. 1,432) are raising alarms about new leadership and policy changes at the public facility — with one employee describing current working conditions as “like being stuck in a recurring bad dream.”
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These Republicans wanted a Medicaid work requirement but couldn’t get approval. So they got creative.
April 18, 2024
Knowing the feds wouldn’t allow the work requirement, North Carolina Republicans went to the drawing board to determine if they could come up with a Medicaid expansion bill that still promoted work without requiring it.
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Oklahoma researchers find Native Americans underrepresented in CDC database
April 18, 2024
A new study says the CDC reclassified Native American participants who self-reported their race in a survey, causing the total number of Indigenous respondents to be underreported, affecting funding for health, social, and behavioral resources for Indigenous people.
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Wilson County deploys overdose reversal kits to combat epidemic of opioid deaths
April 18, 2024
County uses big pharma settlement funds to create a ‘community of first responders,’ hopes to be a model for saving lives.
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Marshall County’s only ER to close this month after mix-up with federal government
April 11, 2024
Rural hospitals in Mississippi are struggling to stay afloat. One report puts 29% of the state’s rural hospitals at immediate risk of closure, and 62% are losing money on patient services.
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BL Special Report: Bankruptcy protection denied hospital over $15 million discrepancy
April 09, 2024
San Benito Health Care District intends to appeal.
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Practicing an ‘Insurgent Politics of Care’ in Rural America
April 07, 2024
How rural residents and immigrant communities are adapting to the broken rural health landscape on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
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Southwest Georgia hospital could reopen with help from federal appropriations
April 05, 2024
Officials say they’re considering reopening as a Rural Emergency Hospital. The model requires hospitals switch out inpatient beds for a focus on emergency services, in exchange for a boost in federal support.
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Child care providers face difficult choices as funding cliff looms
April 05, 2024
A survey of child care centers released last week shows that without extra pandemic aid, centers expect to lose teachers, close classrooms, raise tuition and fees or a combination of those measures. More than 1,500 child care facilities in North Carolina could close.
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Montana group launches coverage campaign after Medicaid unwinding
April 04, 2024
With more than 132,000 Montanans removed from Medicaid, health coverage advocates call for an ‘all hands on deck’ approach.
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Binge drinking, alcohol use disorder in Vermont ranked among the highest in the nation
April 01, 2024
Staffers at addiction recovery centers statewide said that, since the coronavirus pandemic reached Vermont in 2020, they’ve had growing interactions with people aged 60 and older who are struggling with alcohol misuse.
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High need, low accessibility: Oglethorpe County residents face barriers to mental health care, even as teens and schools are willing to have the conversation
March 21, 2024
With 15,469 residents spread over 442 square miles, Oglethorpe County — like other rural communities — struggles to attract health care providers.
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Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate?
March 15, 2024
A new book looks at the ways churches could be reused for the public good in the future, including rural sanctuaries partnering with health care centers.
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Medical students help rural schoolchildren avoid suspension with mobile physicals
March 11, 2024
Students from East Carolina University provide state-mandated health assessments to kids in southeastern North Carolina counties.
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