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City-country mortality gap widens amid persistent holes in rural health care access

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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)

Tribal health workers aren’t paid like their peers. See why Nevada changed that

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A protester holds a placard with the colours of the trans pride flag in support of a trans rights during the demonstration. (Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Medical exiles: families flee states amid crackdown on transgender care

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Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Small, rural communities have become abortion access battlegrounds

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Monkeypox virus (Getty Images/kontekbrothers)

When monkeypox reaches rural communities, it collides with strained public health systems

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Used hypodermic needles are seen in a bin at the India Street Public Health Center Needle Exchange in Portland, Maine. (Joel Page/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

A needle exchange project modeled on urban efforts aims to save lives in rural Nevada

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