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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks Indiana among the states with the highest rates of hepatitis C infection, a…
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Geographic inequality in life span is growing in the United States, with people in some counties living more than 20 years longer than those in others.
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Darvin Bentlage says his health insurance plan used to be the same as all the other cattle farmers in Barton County, Mo.: Stay healthy until he turned 65,…
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A Wisconsin clinic provides free dental care so that poor rural residents can get their teeth fixed. But in most states people aren't so lucky. Millions of people have no access to dental care.
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It isn’t news that in rural parts of the country, people have a harder time accessing good health care. But new evidence suggests opposition to a key part…
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Two proposals meant to ease burdens faced by California’s rural patients and their health care providers are breezing through the state legislature as…
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If someone is well-educated, the odds are that he or she will marry someone with similar credentials, according to census data. And that trend has…
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New Access To Federal Funds For Syringe Exchange Is Welcome Support For Rural Areas Facing AddictionThe needle exchange in Fayette County, Ind. is hidden in a back office at the health department. Paula Maupin, the county’s public health nurse, runs the…
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Millersburg, Ohio is a 700-mile drive from Unionville, Missouri, so it’s an unlikely place for a Unionville resident to schedule a medical procedure. That…
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There is a seven-county stretch in North Central Florida –an area larger than Puerto Rico –where over the past two years every county health department…