This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. About 425,000 rural Americans completed their coronavirus vaccinations last week, increasing the fully-vaccinated rate in nonmetropolitan counties by about 1 percentage point over the week before and bringing the rural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the nation, gaps in health are large, persistent and increasing. Health equity means everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be healthier. It acknowledges that it’s hard to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of April 2020, the United States had regained 96.7 percent of the employment that it had in April 2019—some 5.2 million jobs shy of 100%—and rural America had regained…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented pace and scale of innovation in vaccine development. Since COVID-19 was first recognised as a public health emergency of international concern by the World…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nursing home residents and workers account for about one-third of COVID-19 deaths in the United States so far, according to media reports. Sheria Robinson-Lane, a gerontologist and assistant professor at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the first diagnosed case of COVID-19 in the United States on Jan. 20, 2020, news about infection rates, deaths and pandemic-driven economic hardships has been part of our daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re among the 25% of Americans averse to needles, you’re probably not surprised by the COVID-19 immunization stall. Even for those who want immunity, bribes with beer or lottery…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alcohol is still the most commonly used drug among high school students. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year approximately 3,500 people under 21 die because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was one month after Hurricane Iota destroyed his family’s home that 31-year-old Jexis decided to leave his hometown of Choloma, Honduras. The storm arrived after months of joblessness he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. July 1 is the date that President Joe Biden wants the country to be 70% vaccinated, and rural areas are far behind urban centers in progress toward that goal. Agriculture,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last time Sean McQuiddy called home from federal prison, it was just before Christmas in 2020, and he had grim news: He’d tested positive for COVID-19. “If I don’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent surge of COVID-19 in South Asia challenges India’s traditional ability to aid its smaller neighbors, a change that could, in turn, affect India’s influence in its competition with China.…