More adults in rural America are dying from cardiovascular diseases
Nov 15, 2024
The rural-urban gap in cardiovascular deaths still exists, according to new research that also shows the situation for rural residents was worse in 2022 than in 2010.
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The story of health care in Alaska told through the tales of 5 residents
Jun 7, 2024
Despite all the challenges inherent to living in Alaska, particularly those related to health care, the positives make it overwhelmingly worth it for most residents.
Meet Matthew, the medevac: He flies 350 mph in the cold, dark of winter to help fellow Alaskans
Jun 5, 2024
Air ambulance services play a vital role in the Alaska health care system. They're staffed by critical care nurses such as Matthew Kuhns, who happens to be a third-generation lifesaver.
Challenges of caring for Alaskans: Fewer people, across more miles, often in cold, dark
Jun 3, 2024
While health care in rural America is a challenge everywhere, many of the challenges are more extreme in Alaska.
Health care, housing still a challenge after flooding devastated eastern Kentucky community
May 31, 2024
The mountainous and largely rural areas of eastern Kentucky remain on the road to recovery after historic and deadly flooding in 2022.
State and local efforts aim to ease access to heart care in rural Kentucky
May 29, 2024
In a state where mountains and winding roads can make getting emergency services and health care hard, Kentuckians turn to technology and new training for help.
They're not doctors. But they're on the front lines against West Virginia's health struggles.
May 23, 2024
West Virginia has some of the highest rates of chronic illness in the nation, with doctors and hospitals few and far between. Community health workers fill that gap.
A family affair: Breaking the generational cycle of heart disease in West Virginia
May 21, 2024
Statistically, West Virginia is among the least-healthy states in the nation. Breaking that stranglehold requires a massive cultural shift. Families in the rural town of Rainelle are trying to do just that.
To save their soil, Kansas tribe shifts to regenerative agriculture – and transforms their farms
May 16, 2024
As the Ioway move away from conventional monocropping, their Kansas reservation has become an example of farming without herbicides and pesticides.
Through tradition and trade, tribe in rural Kansas works to reclaim its food sovereignty
May 13, 2024
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska aims to improve healthy food access, reopen trade routes, care for the environment – and change the way farming works.