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Officially, the U.S. will almost certainly reach an awful milestone in the next two weeks: its one millionth recorded Covid-19 death. In reality, this milestone was likely unofficially crossed days or weeks ago, and we’ll never know…

RAY COUNTY, Mo. — A dangerous drug called fentanyl is gripping places with the fewest resources. The KSHB 41 I-Team continues investigating the fentanyl crisis by focusing on rural communities.In the last year, Ray County, Missouri,…

Explore full-page version of the map The number of new Covid-19 infections in rural America has climbed for a fourth consecutive week but remains at its lowest level since the summer 2021, according to a Daily Yonder analysis.…

Center of Excellence Will Improve Staff Training on Residents’ Mental Health Needs The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing a funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a…

The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations, an undercount that could very well lead to insufficient federal funding for essential health, nutrition, and social programs in remote…

Safety-net, “neighborhood” health centers date back to Johnson’s presidency and his War on Poverty. Those were the catalyst for what we now call Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and today 1,368 of them have been…

Funding for States and Territories Will Help Address the Nation’s Overdose Epidemic The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing a…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and two years into a global pandemic that has highlighted the need for increased access to mental health care, 570 counties across the United States still have no psychologists, psychiatrists or…

Highlights a training program developed by Montana State University to expand access to mental health services in rural parts of the state. Discusses the background of the program, its activities, and the potential for the program to…

Explore full-page version of the map The rate of new Covid-19 infections in rural America climbed by a third last week, the fifth increase in as many weeks, according to a Daily Yonder analysis. New infections in metropolitan…