Egypt reports bird flu outbreaks in rural area
CAIRO (AP) – Local authorities in rural Egypt have declared a state of emergency after detecting two outbreaks of bird flu. Nagy Awad, head of the veterinary agency in the…
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Biden campaign pushes for improved broadband access in rural and tribal areas
By Samone Blair UNITED STATES – Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign held a roundtable about rural and tribal broadband access Friday. “The Covid-19 crisis has revealed that Americans…
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New rural hot spots are ICU bed deserts, study finds
Using Medicare data to pinpoint ICU beds, the authors found 49 percent of all low-income areas didn’t have any ICU beds, compared to just 3 percent of the wealthiest communities.…
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Trump signs order aimed at boosting rural health care, telehealth
Pressed about his lack of a replacement for Obamacare, Trump also has spent days promising to unveil a health plan of his own, though he declined to detail exactly what…
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The CARES Program during the Pandemic: Providing Health Outreach in Rural SC
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Anita Ramsetty about the free medical care and health screening provided in rural SC during the pandemic through the CARES program. Dr. Ramsetty…
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Virus taking hold in rural, old plantation region of Alabama
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. — Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama’s old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state’s highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst…
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A deadly ‘checkerboard’: Covid-19’s new surge across rural America
As deaths near 100,000, the pandemic that first struck cities now strains counties with acres of farmland, cramped meatpacking plants, isolated prisons and few hospital beds. Source link
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In rural California community, officials slow reopening
SAN FRANCISCO – Humboldt County on California’s North Coast was among the first in the state to get the governor’s green light to open up restaurants and stores after a…
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Rural areas, tribal lands hit hardest by census interruption :: WRAL.com
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Even though they’re neighbors, two New Mexico counties couldn’t be further apart in the rate of people answering the 2020 census. Los…
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HHS Releases Millions to Rural Health Clinics
“Today’s funding provides rural health clinics with resources and flexibility to boost their testing capabilities to fight COVID-19,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “Further expanding testing capacity, including at RHCs,…
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