rural communities

In some hospitals, like this one in Chongqing, one of China's largest cities, patients are lying on gurneys in the lobby because beds have run out.

Fears of a 'dark COVID winter' in rural China grow as the holiday rush begins

5:59pm December 23, 2022

by Emily Feng

Health officials are concerned that people traveling home to their villages for the Lunar New Year could turn celebrations into superspreader events, catching ill-prepared rural systems off guard.

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Tourists still stop by to see the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in the city of Cairo, Ill., where commercial ships dock on the banks. A long history of racial tension dating to the Civil War still stings in Cairo. And like many rural towns

Why A Hard-Sell Pitch For COVID Vaccines Won't Work In This Rural Illinois Town

7:00am August 15, 2021

by Cara Anthony

The sponsor of 4-H clubs nationally is tapping its respected roots in rural communities to promote COVID-19 vaccines. But it won't be easy, locals say. Start with trusted local voices — and listen.

Gene Bracegirdle is relieved to get his first dose of the vaccine recently in rural Colorado.

National

COVID-19 Vaccinations Are Off To A Slow Start — But Not In Some Rural Areas

1:57pm January 08, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Some rural areas, where health care is usually harder to get, appear to be leading the nation in delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine. But health leaders are cautioning there are caveats.

Political divisions over the pandemic are creating a wedge and splitting off health care workers from small communities that desperately need them.

'Toxic Individualism': Pandemic Politics Driving Health Care Workers From Small Towns

8:04pm December 28, 2020

by Frank Morris

A wave of departing medical professionals in rural areas threatens to leave gaping holes in these health care systems and local economies, triggering a death spiral that may be hard to stop.

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Politics & Government

Report: North Carolina Cities Need State's Help To Expand Broadband

4:56pm March 21, 2018

by Associated Press

The association representing North Carolina's cities and towns says new legislation is needed to develop partnerships between local governments and private broadband providers so areas still lackin