Medication for opioid use disorder less accessible in rural counties
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New Covid Cases Increase for Sixth Consecutive Week in Rural America
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The number of new Covid-19 infections in rural America climbed for the sixth consecutive week last week, marking the longest continuous increase in new cases since the Delta surge in…
The Blackfeet Nation’s Plight Underscores the Fentanyl Crisis on Reservations
BROWNING, Mont. — As the pandemic was setting in during summer 2020, Justin Lee Littledog called his mom to tell her he was moving from Texas back home to the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana with his girlfriend,…
Pace of New Rural Vaccinations Remains Flat for Last Two Months
For the second month in a row, the rural vaccination rate has grown by less than half a percentage point, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of federal and state data.
The percent of total rural population that has…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Highlights Strategy to Address the National Mental…
As we mark Mental Health Awareness Month, our country faces an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages. Two in five American adults report symptoms of anxiety and depression, and more than half of parents…
Covid Infection Rate Drops Slightly in Rural America
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In a week truncated by the Memorial Day holiday, the total number of newly reported Covid-19 infections dropped slightly in both rural and metropolitan America, according to a Daily…
Sen. Cramer Introduces Bill to Increase Transparency of Travel Nursing Agencies
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– U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced the Travel Nursing
Agency Transparency Study Act. The legislation requires the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study and report to…
Rural residents at a disadvantage with mental health services | General
The sea of dark purple on a map of Illinois counties told a concerning story.A majority of the counties…
Doctors across state borders: Telehealth stud
The massive rise in telehealth during the pandemic couldn’t have happened without temporary rules that gave health care providers and their patients more flexibility to connect online or by phone…
Gaps in NC addiction treatment hit some harder
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven
In recent years, illicitly manufactured fentanyl has tainted the supply of street drugs, leading to skyrocketing rates of overdoses and deaths.
Of late, though, there’s growing hope for those…