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Region’s Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. With hundreds of thousands across the Ohio Valley struggling…
Report: 20% of COVID-19 Patients Develop Mental Illness
For rural patients already struggling with access to mental health care, the long term effects of the pandemic…
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,”…
Rapid Testing Is Less Accurate Than the Government Wants to Admit
Rapid antigen testing is a mess. The federal government pushed it out without a plan, and then spent…
Rural Hospitals Brace For Increased Coronavirus Cases
Most rural hospitals did not have large numbers of COVID-19 patients this spring and summer. The current record-breaking…
People, Get Ready: How To Treat Your Case Of ‘Preparedness Fever’
COVID-19 closures and supply chain failures have sharpened concerns about food security and more. Rural areas were not…