pemiscot county

Policy & Politics

Trump Administration Rule Scales Back Program Keeping Rural Hospitals Afloat

It’s a familiar story in rural America. Four years ago the Pemiscot County hospital, the lone public hospital in Missouri’s poorest county, nearly closed.…
Access to Care

As Rural Counties Lose Obstetrics, Women Give Birth Far From Home

When Sarah Scantling went into labor this summer, she had to drive 30 miles and across state lines.Three years earlier, the only maternity ward where she…

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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