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Topic: Rural Health

The tiny Baker County health department offers lots of services, including home visits by a nurse for new moms and infants. (Lillian Mongeau Hughes for KFF Health News)

Finding maternity care for rural women

Lillian Mongeau Hughes - KFF Health News
Obstetrician and gynecologist Taylar Swartz uses an ultrasound scanner to check the health of Addie Comegys’ baby on May 30, 2024. (Tony Leys/KFF Health News)

Rural hospitals now face baby bust

Tony Leys - KFF Health News
People sitting in a doctor office waiting room. (Getty Images/SolStock)

A simple solution to the doctor shortage

Nicole Wadsworth
Empty Hospital Bed (Getty Images/David Sacks)

Mortality gap widens in rural health

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - KFF Health News
Linda Noneo's work as a community health representative for her tribe in Nevada is focused on providing transportation to health care appointments for Fallon Paiute-Shoshone members. (JAZMIN OROZCO RODRIGUEZ/KFF HEALTH NEWS)

Nevada paying tribal workers better

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez - KFF Health News
Woman doing home workout while watching tutorial on laptop (Getty Images/Westend61)

Seniors benefit from remote fitness boom

Christina Saint Louis - KFF Health News
Blood samples and test results in a clinical medical laboratory (Getty Images/solarseven)

HIV outbreak in West Virginia

Taylor Sisk - KFF Health News
A woman places her ballot paper in the box during early voting (Getty Images/Mark Ralston)

Medicaid in South Dakota sees resistance

Arielle Zionts - KFF Health News
Mental Health concept (Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Filling gaps in mental health services

Christina Saint Louis - KFF Health News
People participate in a rally organized by RiseUp4AbortionRights, which held rallies and marches nationwide to oppose the growing erosion of abortion rights on International Women's Day. (Wendy P. Romero/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Abortion bans neglect teen pregnancies

Sarah Varney - KFF Health News
3D rendered image, enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells. (Getty Images/koto_feja)

Rural struggle for cancer medicine

Debby Waldman - KFF Health News