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The possibility of cuts sparked concerns across Georgia, especially in its rural areas where dependency on food assistance is ...
According to the progressive think tank The Century Foundation, the proposed cuts could slash Georgia households’ average monthly SNAP benefits by as much as $81 a month.
Dr. Henry Young and his team of experts from UGA's Fissures of Men initiative address health needs in rural Georgia ...
Alabama’s rural hospitals are vanishing. This devastating crisis is unfolding in the heart of our state, jeopardizing not ...
The state's own Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Programs Eligibility Map identifies counties with 50,000 or fewer residents as eligible for the state's rural dental loan ...
The Rural Development Council convened on April 14 in Macon to review the accomplishments of the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation (CRPI) since its establishment in 2018.
But the awesome fact is that electric school buses are more than a clean energy solution — they’re a health intervention.” ...
On our current path, more than half of the state’s remaining 52 rural hospitals are at risk of closing, with 19 identified as being at “immediate risk” of shutting down within the next three years.
In rural counties, remote towns and even some suburban ... Some states, including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia, have expanded Medicaid in this manner, creating new revenue ...
PCOM South Georgia’s Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program is set to increase by 35 students to a total annual class size of 90 after receiving approval from the American Osteopathic Association’s ...
Los Angeles pediatrician and urgent care specialist Dr. Ilan Shapiro worries for his chronically ill patients as he watches ...