Rural Health News
Embedded Bias: How Medical Records Sow Discrimination
David Confer, a bicyclist and an audio technician, told his doctor he “used to be Ph.D. level” during a 2019 appointment in Washington, D.C. Confer, then 50, was speaking figuratively:…
STAT+: Google and Fitbit launch new cloud tools to help hospitals use wearables
Google Cloud and Fitbit are rolling out a new offering they hope will ease some of the challenges hospitals face collecting and processing data from wearable devices. The offering, called…
Radically Rural: How Investing in Branding Is Helping Rural Communities Come Out on Top
Rural places across America are trying to define their special sauce, what makes them a community after having all normalcy stripped away during the pandemic. “They understand that how people…
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? The answer is more art than science
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? President Biden told Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” it was. The Sunday night interview aired just days after the director-general of the World Health Organization,…
Clearing Pollution Helps Clear the Fog of Aging — And May Cut the Risk of Dementia
During the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that air pollution harms older adults’ brains, contributing to cognitive decline and dementia. What hasn’t been clear is whether…
Rural Counties with the Most Population Loss Voted the Most Democratic in 2020
In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden won the popular vote in only 10% of the nation's rural counties. There was a certain type of rural county where Biden…