Hundreds of hospitals in rural areas are at risk of closing under proposed Medicaid and Medicare cuts, according to data from the Cecil G. Sheps Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
The state’s Democratic Party held an Aug. 26 press conference to warn about the impact Trump’s signature legislation could have on rural healthcare. Medicaid cuts resulting from the ‘One Big Beautiful ...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Aug. 14 that it’s preparing an application for a share of the five-year, $50 billion rural hospital fund created as part of ...
Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...
Since Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina last September, Lea Charlton and her husband have had to visit Blue Ridge Regional Hospital's emergency department in Spruce Pine four times, she ...