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These paramedics are for more than just emergencies in North Carolina communities
July 19, 2024
As fentanyl-related overdoses increase across the state, community paramedics are administering medications to help people recover after opioid overdoses. McDowell County touted itself as one of the earlier programs in the country and among the first in rural North Carolina after launching in 2013.
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Local Ky. governments mulling ways to use opioid settlements funds to help communities
July 15, 2024
More than a year after localities began receiving shares of the state’s opioid settlement funding, several local leaders in far western Kentucky are still figuring out how best they can use those funds to tackle the opioid epidemic.
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‘This is going to kill us’: Oklahoma nursing homes brace for new federal staffing mandate
July 11, 2024
Oklahoma nursing homes are preparing for staffing rules finalized in April by the Biden administration, meant to improve safety and quality of care in long-term care facilities.
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Local health officials across Kentucky say they’re getting more naloxone access, training
July 11, 2024
Health officials in the eastern part of the state say access to naloxone – the nasal spray medicine that reverses opioid overdoses – has improved throughout the past couple years.
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One year into new abortion limits, N.C. patients and providers struggle to shoulder the load restrictions bring
July 01, 2024
The new requirements mean that patients must visit clinics at least twice — and many need to travel long distances to reach one of the state’s 14 abortion clinics spread over nine counties.
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Sober living facility remains in county’s sights, health and human services leaders say
June 23, 2024
Health officials have prioritized a local sober living facility as the number of Door County residents with needs related to substance use disorder has risen in recent years.
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Vermonters with hearing and vision loss fear end of a pilot program
June 23, 2024
The program helps Vermonters with hearing and vision loss run errands, attend events and socialize. But grant funding is slated to expire this fall, and clients and advocates fear the program will cease without it.
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As Worcester Holdings sprays pines with pesticide, Addison residents call for moratorium
June 22, 2024
But the company isn’t the only one. A Maine Monitor analysis found that five leading conservation groups have registered pesticide applicators on staff.
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Access to health care limited in South Dakota rural and reservation areas
June 17, 2024
A weekslong investigation revealed numerous barriers to health care in rural and reservation areas of South Dakota that are leading to increased illness and higher mortality rates. This is the first of a two-part series.
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Mainers unable to find caregivers for all authorized home care hours
June 15, 2024
One care coordination agency had more than 750 people approved for home care who had no help at all, with demand expected to grow.
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As a Texas city debates an abortion “travel ban,” maternal care is scarce in nearby rural counties
June 14, 2024
Amid a fight over an “abortion travel ban,” women health care experts say more attention is needed to the plight of pregnant Texans in the Panhandle where there are few hospitals and OBGYNs.
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Missouri and Kansas families will be getting money for kids’ summer meals — eventually
June 03, 2024
The new summer EBT program will give an extra $120 to eligible school-age kids. Families probably won’t get the money until late summer or fall. But even if the money comes late, anti-hunger advocates say the extra dollars are an important step toward reducing growing food insecurity in the states.
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Leaving Big Pharma for mushroom farming, Wiseman family finds purpose in Worcester
June 02, 2024
The products, the Wisemans say, can boost immune systems, improve memory and energy and spur a range of other healthy body functions.
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Report: Rural America Produces Greenhouse Gasses on Behalf of Urban and Suburban Areas
May 31, 2024
While disproportionate numbers of rural residents, especially low-income and communities of color, are exposed to unhealthy greenhouse emissions, a majority of goods produced in the process are headed to cities and suburbs.
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Hawaii’s Opioid Settlement Fund Is Growing And, After Delays, Starting To Be Spent
May 28, 2024
The funding formula gives the state power over funding, even for activities originating on the local level.
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