From Appalachian Cities to Hollers, Community Health Workers Are a ‘Course Correction to Inclusion’
“Housing is health care,” says Jala Rucker, “a community health worker with Project Destiny in Pittsburgh. “It’s hard…
These Appalachian Lawmakers are Working to Protect Black Mothers in the Region and Beyond
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced its Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System in 1987, the number…
More Appalachians Are Dying from ‘Deaths of Despair.’ And COVID-19 Is Making It Worse.
In 2015, Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case reported research results that took most everyone by surprise:…
For Black Communities Struggling with COVID-19, Decades of Mistreatment Have Led to a Breakdown of Trust in Healthcare
This is part two of a two-part series exploring racism as a public health crisis in Appalachia and…
Racism in Healthcare is a ‘Fundamental Truth,’ and COVID-19 Has Intensified Its Impact in Appalachia
Shortly after midnight on Sept. 29, Felisha Walter assumed an identity very much at odds with the fullness…
COVID Has Hit Rural Communities Hard. Now They’re Preparing for What Winter Could Bring.
When city-dwellers conjure rural America, they envision “the farmer and rancher out in western Nebraska or western Kansas,”…