As financial aid for hospitals begins to be deployed across the country, some of the rural administrators worry it’s only a temporary fix, not a long term solution. Across the country, hospitals are seeing their share of more than $100 billion in federal stimulus money show up in their bank […]
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Two infectious-disease experts say reopening industries that don’t allow social distancing could cause hotspots. While larger urban areas may be seeing the number of coronavirus cases slow, cases in rural areas are just beginning, two experts said during a briefing from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Tuesday. During the […]
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Repurposing rural hospitals that have closed in recent years could serve as a safety valve for urban hospitals if they are overrun with coronavirus patients. An official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mentioned shuttered rural hospitals during a March 23 presentation on the rural healthcare response […]
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice isn’t afraid to ask God to guide his state through the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a proclamation issued this week, Justice said that West Virginia’s “steadfast and abiding belief in God,” led him to declare March 25 a statewide Day of Prayer. But because of […]
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Health professionals say the reduced person-to-person contact in rural areas will help buffer them from the virus. But everyone should still prepare. Urban residents are more at risk for person-to-person spread of the coronavirus, but those in rural areas aren’t off the hood, a global health researcher said. “Overcrowding and high […]
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States are using federal funding to treat substance abuse disorders medically, provide life-saving medication to combat overdoses and build treatment facilities. But more funding needs to go into getting rural residents to those services, some say. Battling opioids in rural areas is more than just providing naloxone and reducing opioid […]
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