Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals
One Alaska Native village knew what to do to keep out COVID-19. They put up a gate on the only […]
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As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute covid-19 vaccines, significant areas of the country lack […] Over 1 billion people globally are affected by iron-deficiency anemia. In sub-Saharan Africa, anemia is a major public health concern […] (HealthDay)—Rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have slowed in urban areas but continue to increase in rural areas, particularly among Black […] In parts of the country where COVID-19 is surging, residents of rural counties are dying from coronavirus at higher rates […] (HealthDay)—Rural Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementia (ADRD) spend more time in nursing homes, receive less home health […] As the coronavirus spread across the United States, workers at the lone hospital in one Alabama county turned off beeping […] Researchers will answer that question today at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 40th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. People living […] Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, which causes acute encephalitis in Eastern and Southern Asia, is traditionally considered a rural disease. Now, […]
Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for Covid Vaccines
Iron infusion proves effective to treat anemia in rural Africa
Rural, urban disparities seen for new liver cancer cases
As coronavirus surges again, researchers find mortality rates are highest in rural counties
Rural patients with Alzheimer disease have shorter survival
Hospital closures complicate coronavirus care in rural areas
Do rural populations experience greater worry and fatalism about cancer?
JE is transmitted to pigs as rapidly in Cambodian peri-urban areas as rural areas
