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New Federal Program Aims to Transform Rural Health Care Nationwide Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled details on how states can apply to receive funding from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program created under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to strengthen health care across rural America. This unprecedented investment is designed to empower states …

The rural health ‘Hunger Games’ are underway  Politico Kennedy and Dr. Oz: Rural America’s health care is collapsing. Here’s how we transform it.  USA Today Applications for ‘big beautiful’ rural health fund open for states  The Hill Will the $50 Billion Rural Health Fund Be Enough to Offset Medicaid Cuts?  U.S. News & World Report Trump’s HHS Prepares States to Apply for Rural Hospital …

Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia  The New York Times Inside the raid: How a monthslong federal immigration operation led to 475 arrests at a Hyundai plant in Georgia  CNN ICE arrests at a Georgia Hyundai plant create new tension with South Korea  NPR ICE leads multi-agency operation targeting illegal employment and federal crimes in Georgia  U.S. Immigration and …

Bowman, N.D., has about 1,400 residents, and they rely on Southwest Healthcare Services. The facility joined with other rural hospitals in the state to form a network that allows it to remain independent while sharing resources in an effort to save money and improve patient care. Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News BOWMAN, N.D. …

U.S. producers of corn and soybeans have sent dire warnings as prices for their crops have crashed in recent years while President Donald Trump’s trade war whipsaws farmers. On Thursday, the National Corn Growers Association raised alarms about “the economic crisis hitting rural America, as commodity prices drop at a time when input costs remain at near-record highs.” Corn prices have plunged …

Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities in mourning. Weld County Chief Deputy Coroner Jolene Weiner on Friday confirmed the identities of the deceased — all Hispanic males, including four members of an extended family. Alejandro Espinoza Cruz, of …

Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities in mourning. Weld County Chief Deputy Coroner Jolene Weiner on Friday confirmed the identities of the deceased — all Hispanic males, including four members of an extended family. Alejandro Espinoza …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham makes $750,000 available as local governments and tribal officials in Rio Arriba County call for …

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

When her severely allergic toddler, Josie, began gasping for breath in the middle of the night, Krissy Cunningham knew there was only one place she could get to in time to save her daughter’s life. For 74 years, Pemiscot Memorial hospital has been the destination for those who encounter catastrophe in Missouri’s poorest county, a rural stretch of farms and …