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Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News covers the health issues facing people who live in Americaās rural reaches.
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Hospitals Say They Found a Tool To Help Reduce Childbirth Risks: Wristbands
North Carolina and other states have embraced āI Gave Birthā wristbands as a way to encourage women to seek help when they have postpartum complications. Theyāre gaining steam as the Trump administrationās cuts to Medicaid threaten postpartum care.
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Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution
The $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program is set to flood rural America with new AI health tools. Thatās despite little evidence on whether health-related AI can improve access to care and patient health in those communities.
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Same Knee Surgery, Twice the Price: Hospital Monopolies Push Up Healthcare Costs
A federal disclosure rule is offering new insight on the effect of healthcare monopolies on pricing, following a wave of U.S. mergers.
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Medicaid Work Rule Leaves Homeless People in the Cold
Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal governmentās list of exemptions left off homeless people.
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Earlier Lifeline for Rural Hospitals Faces Test Under āBig Beautifulā Law
A century-old rural Michigan hospital converted to a stripped-down model Congress created to help keep small facilities afloat, then it closed. The emergency hospital model, created a few years ago, is stabilizing some hospitals, arrived too late for others, and now faces major challenges under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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The Newest Federally Recognized Tribe Wants Better Healthcare. It May Be On Its Own.
North Carolina's Robeson County, where most of the tribeās citizens live, ranks as one of the worst counties in the U.S. for health disparities. After securing federal recognition, Lumbee tribal leaders will have to decide how to address them.
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Trump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare
Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants. AHRQ hasnāt issued a new one in over a year.
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A Death Revives Concerns About Police Brutality Six Years After National Reckoning
In a church in rural Missouri, mourners lined up to say goodbye to Lloyd Gilmore, a 44-year-old Black father who died in police custody last month. His death sparked protests in a city with a long history of racial violence, even as the national conversation about police brutality has waned. Six years after worldwide calls for change, whatās happened to the movement?
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American Scientists See Prosecutions as Part of Federal Campaign Against Them
Federal officials charged two virologists they stopped en route from an African disease outbreak with violating import rules. But scientists tell Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News the inactivated samples they carried posed no threat to the public, and they characterize the arrests as part of a government harassment campaign.
By Katheryn Houghton and Arthur Allen -
Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars
Prisoners with severe medical conditions can be granted compassionate release, but without a long-term care facility willing to accept them, many continue to wait in prison as their conditions worsen.
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Pregnant Womanās Roadside Death Triggers Push To Reopen Mississippi Delta Hospital
The deaths of Harmony Ball-Stribling and her unborn daughter five years ago have galvanized local leaders determined to reopen a Mississippi Delta hospital. But once a rural community loses a hospital, bringing it back can be nearly impossible.
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Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid
With the federal Medicaid work requirements looming in January, Democrats are considering state legislation to call out big companies that employ workers enrolled in the safety net health program. Business giants such as Amazon and Walmart said the figures are misleading.
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They Harvest the Nationās Food, but a New Rule May Strip Them of Health Insurance
New Medicaid work requirements could make a complex system even harder for farmworkers to navigate.
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Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries Thought Their Drug Plan Was Free. Then They Lost It.
Thousands of people who had a Medicare drug plan with zero-dollar premiums last year got small premium increases this year ā and didnāt know it. They were dropped from their coverage for failing to pay amounts as little as $8, and most canāt get it again until 2027.
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Affordable Healthcare Emerges as a Voter Priority in Purple Nevada
The Trump administrationās cuts to Medicaid and SNAP may complicate Republican Gov. Joe Lombardoās reelection chances.
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Newsom Vowed To Transform Kidsā Mental Health. Many California Schools Are Still Waiting.
Gov. Gavin Newsom launched an ambitious initiative to make public schools the epicenter of mental health services for young people. Five years after he promised transformation, many schools have struggled to get the program up and running, and hundreds more have yet to try.
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Would Hunters Take a Lyme Disease Vaccine? We Asked
American hunters skew conservative, rural, and male ā all associated with increased hesitancy about or resistance to vaccines. At the same time, hunters spend more time than most people outdoors and potentially exposed to Lyme disease. So how do they feel about a potential new vaccine against the tick-borne illness?
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Reporters Talk Through FDA Sunscreen Move and Closure of Rural Dialysis Clinics
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national media last week to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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Opioid Settlement Money Pays for Services To Battle Addiction in Rural Kentucky
A program in rural eastern Kentucky is receiving opioid settlement funding to address substance use disorders, housing, hunger, and other challenges.
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Medicareās AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays
Medicare is testing the use of artificial intelligence to preapprove several healthcare services. Federal health officials say prior authorization can help reduce fraud and contain costs. But doctors and patients describe the trial as āhorrendousā and full of red tape so far.
By Darius Tahir