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From Appalachian Cities to Hollers, Community Health …

WEBThe plan calls for the addition of 150,000 community health workers through direct grant funding and adding CHW services as an optional benefit for states …

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Practitioners of Last Resort: Appalachia’s Alternative Health-Care

WEBA clinical herbalist is someone who uses plants for medicinal purposes. Herbal treatments, as well as the cultivating of plants and herbs for health reasons, are …

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Commentary: A Key to Solving Appalachia’s Mental Health Crisis

WEBRather than encouraging someone to outgrow or overcome their culture, having a counselor who understands the nuances of it is important. Culturally …

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In Southwest Virginia, Reestablishing a Rural Hospital …

WEBOn July 1, Ballad Health tweeted, “This morning we unveiled the sign on Lee County Community Hospital – America’s newest rural hospital.”. Civic leaders and …

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Pallottine Sisters Find a New Legacy in Community …

WEBPallottine Sisters Find a New Legacy in Community Healthcare. When Vincent Pallotti was ordained a priest in 1818, he wrote, “I ask God to make me an …

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2019 County Health Rankings Cite Housing as a Foundation for a

WEBThree Years after Lockdown, What COVID-19 Taught Us about Grief Traditions in Appalachia

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This Annual Free Clinic has Become 'Ground Zero' for Parachute

WEBEach summer a pop-up clinic in Wise County, Virginia providing free medical, dental and vision care attracts thousands…

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As COVID Strained Appalachian Campus Mental Health Services, …

WEBAt Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, Martin, a junior who does not wish to be identified by last name, had an initial assessment done with the on …

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Latest News — 100 Days in Appalachia

WEBFront Porch Politics: An Alabama Democrat’s Roadmap for Defeating Trumpism in Appalachia By Skylar Baker-Jordan / April 2, 2024 You may not have felt it, …

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By the Numbers: Health, Access in Appalachia Amid …

WEBThe latest numbers available from the U.S. Census Bureau say that in 2018, 11.8 percent of Americans lived at or below the federal poverty level. Income has a …

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Eula Hall’s Mud Creek Clinic: Kentucky’s ‘People that Help People’

WEBSo in 1973, with a $1,400 donation and two local doctors as volunteers, she opened the Mud Creek Clinic here in this Floyd County community of 1,500. Today, it’s part of a …

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In 'This is Ohio,' Jack Shuler Tells a Story of Hope from a Region in

WEBIn “This Is Ohio,” Shuler explores our nation’s overdose crisis as a human-rights issue, a crisis in which “every overdose is a policy failure.”. He takes us out into …

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These Appalachian Lawmakers are Working to Protect …

WEBWhen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced its Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System in 1987, the number of pregnancy-related …

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Racism in Healthcare is a ‘Fundamental Truth,’ and COVID-19 Has

WEBIn Alabama, one of the two southernmost states in Appalachia, Blacks comprise 27 percent of the population but have suffered 40 percent of COVID-19 …

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Two Months After a Historic Unionization Vote, Nurses in Asheville

WEBThe win was the first union victory at a private hospital in North Carolina labor history. It was also the largest victory at a non-union hospital in the South since …

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Rural Tennessee is Losing More Hospitals Than Anywhere in the …

WEBThis is the third story in Critical Condition, a three part series. Read more here. “I’m hopin’,” Andrea Haas says with conviction. The Remote Area Medical clinic …

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Has COVID-19 Led to an Increase in Substance Use Disorders

WEBFor a decade, West Virginia has struggled with a rising tide of drug addiction. Has it gotten worse during the coronavirus pandemic, when many Americans have had …

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A Closer Look at Patrick Morrisey's Family Ties to 'Big Pharma'

WEBLate on a Sunday night in mid March, West Virginia Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey mixed it up on Twitter with a critic. The back-and …

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