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    Small-Town Patients Face Big Hurdles as Rural Hospitals Cut Cancer Care – Fitnessnacks

    Charlotte Huff The night before her chemotherapy, Herlinda Sanchez sets out her clothes and checks that she has everything she needs: a blanket, medications,...

    Maternity Care in Rural Areas Is in Crisis. Can More Doulas Help? – Fitnessnacks

    When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped...

    World-Famous Wall Drug Isn’t Immune From Challenges Facing Rural Pharmacies – Fitnessnacks

    WALL, S.D. — Stacey Schulz parks in a rear lot to avoid the crowded Main Street entrances to her local pharmacy. “During the summer,...

    Rural Hospitals Built During Baby Boom Now Face Baby Bust – Fitnessnacks

    OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Rural regions like the one surrounding this southern Iowa town used to have a lot more babies, and many more...

    Idaho’s OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void – Fitnessnacks

    SANDPOINT, Idaho — The ultrasound in February that found a mass growing in her uterus and abnormally thick uterine lining brought Jonell Anderson...

    Closing of Rural Hospitals Leaves Towns With Unhealthy Real Estate – Fitnessnacks

    JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents in the hills of east Tennessee lost its hospital, a 54-bed...

    Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru’ Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances – Fitnessnacks

    Crystal Hiwalker wonders if her heart and lungs would have kept working if the ambulance crew had been able to give her a...

    End of Pandemic Internet Subsidies Threatens a Health Care Lifeline for Rural America – Fitnessnacks

    FORT HALL RESERVATION, Idaho — Myrna Broncho realized just how necessary an internet connection can be after she broke her leg. In fall 2021,...

    An Obscure Drug Discount Program Stifles Use of Federal Lifeline by Rural Hospitals – Fitnessnacks

    Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix a federal program created to...

    Rural Jails Turn to Community Health Workers To Help the Newly Released Succeed – Fitnessnacks

    MANTI, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a plain concrete building perched on...
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