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Strong medicine is needed to solve America’s rural health crisis
By TRACI MARQUIS-EYDMAN/STAT NEWS Growing up in the rural community of Fort Kent, Maine (population just shy of 4,000), I watched my parents struggle to find and keep a primary care…
Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand
By Katelyn Newman, Staff Writer – US News & World Report IN NOVEMBER 2017, A Southern town that was home to the nation’s first 911 call was hit with hard news: Its local hospital…
Overdose deaths drop in Minnesota
Written By: John Lundy | Duluth News Tribune The number of drug overdose deaths dropped steeply in Minnesota last year, the state Department of Health reported Tuesday. Calling the data…
You Should Hike. Here’s Why:
A stroll in the woods as short as 15 minutes leads to physiological changes such as improved heart and mental health Written By: Melinda M. Lavine | Duluth News Tribune…
Appalachian nursing students gain real-world experience through partnership
By Jessica Stump, Appalachian Today BOONE, N.C. — Every Wednesday during February–April — save for university breaks — a group of nursing students donned in black and gold scrubs have traveled…
Maine bars residents from opting out of immunizations for religious or philosophical reasons
By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Maine has become the fourth state in the nation to prohibit people from opting out of immunization for religious or philosophical reasons. Governor Janet Mills (D)…
Thanking her angels: Woman brought back to life 4 times, shows her appreciation
By Jennifer Kraus, Brainerd Dispatch Karla Milinovich shouldn’t be alive. She shouldn’t be able to breathe. She shouldn’t be able to walk. She shouldn’t be able to do anything she loves…
Minnesota’s rural hospitals are hanging on — for now
As small-town medicine faces pressure nationwide, Minnesota hospitals struggle to adapt and survive. By Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune MADELIA, MINN. – The prognosis for Madelia Community Hospital has been grim…