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The report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found a growing number of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies.
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At a time when many rural hospitals continue to make the tough choice to shutter their obstetrics units and stop delivering babies, some have found ways to make their units survive and, sometimes, even thrive.
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Farmers across the Midwest are facing tight profit margins and rising healthcare costs. And that means some hold off getting medical treatment or forgo…
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New funding will drive a pilot project to connect patients with rides to medical appointments and address transportation barriers to health.Lack of…
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Nine months ago, things were looking bleak for Hillsboro Community Hospital, a 15-bed facility in central Kansas about 50 miles north of Wichita. The…
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Jessica Sheridan’s plan was to have her first daughter at the local hospital, five minutes from her house in Iowa Falls.But when she was seven months…
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On a sunny afternoon in Sedalia, Mo., a town between St. Louis and Kansas City, Jennifer and Matt Boatright escorted some unusual visitors into a pasture…
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North Newton Junior/Senior High lies in the Northwest corner of Indiana, in a county home to more dairy cows than people.But students have no problem…
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Dennis Pond doesn’t tell his psychiatrist about his thoughts of suicide. But he has them. He often feels useless, in large part because his diabetes has…
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Indiana’s maternal and infant mortality rates are far higher than the national average. Experts say one of the reasons is a lack of access to care…
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The nation's dairy farmers are facing their fourth year of depressed milk prices. The outlook is so bleak, it's increased worries about farmer suicides. One recent outreach effort drew criticism.
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This story was originally published February 6. It has been updated as of February 9 at 1 pm.The Atchison-Holt Ambulance District spans two counties and…