Tag
rural
-
Vaccine hesitancy among rural elders, caregivers nearly double of more urban counterparts
A recent survey of family caregivers revealed some troubling information about the divide between rural and urban communities regarding COVID-19…
-
Series focuses on stressed rural hospitals that may need to close
Given all the concern about the failure of rural hospitals, it may seem counterintuitive that some hospitals in rural America…
-
Reporter looks at how diseases of poverty flourish in the U.S.
Neglected tropical diseases, a group of parasitic, bacterial and viral infectious diseases that primarily affect the poorest countries in the…
-
Tip sheet dives into resources for rural health, social determinants
Rose Hoban, a long-time health journalist who founded and now leads North Carolina Health News, has written an AHCJ tip…
-
Democratic presidential candidates unveil broadband access, telehealth plans for rural America
Last week kicked off the 11-day Iowa State Fair, drawing most of the top Democratic presidential candidates. A regular stop…
-
Tip sheet looks at challenges of older practicing physicians
How old is too old to practice medicine? That’s a question without a definitive answer, but one of concern to…
-
FCC will vote next month on a $100 million telehealth initiative
The Federal Communications Commission will vote on July 10 to advance a $100 million telehealth initiative to boost funding for…
-
Finding stories in the looming primary care shortage
One recent workday, I called my primary care physician’s office and immediately was transferred to voicemail. Usually, I’m perhaps the…
-
Tips for telling the stories of rural hospital closures
Bram Sable-Smith, who spent a year doing in-depth reporting on an endangered rural hospital in Pemiscot County, Mo., as part…
-
Experts discussed rural health topics at workshop
AHCJ’s 10th annual Rural Health Journalism Workshop brought journalists to North Carolina’s Research Triangle to hear from experts who offered…