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Hospitals Are Leaving Rural America. Rural Americans Are Staying Put.
Seventy-seven percent of rural US counties are considered “Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas.”
New Abortion Law Requires Doctors to Keep Records that Can Follow Patients Through Life
The new Indiana law will burden women with lifelong stigma.
How the Wireless Industry Convinced the Public Cellphones Are Safe and Cherry-Picked Research on Risks
The Nation's Mark Dowie discusses more.
A Death in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Reinforces a Small Town’s Fears of Industry Impacts
Helping the residents of St. James relocate seems more feasible than assuring them that the air they are breathing is clean.
Majority of Voters Say Lowering Drug Prices Should Be Congress’s Top Priority
A wealthy philanthropist is pushing free-market reforms.
Trump’s New VA Pick Appears Poised to Rubber-Stamp Privatization of Veterans Affairs
It's about profit for providers, not better care for veterans.
Why Should the Poor Pay High Drug Prices?
What is good for Pfizer and Microsoft is not necessarily good for the whole country.
Single-Payer Health Care Takes Center Stage in Gubernatorial Races
The explosion in single-payer candidates is progress.
A Private Mercenary Firm Is Making Millions Off Tragedy in Houston, Puerto Rico and Standing Rock
The company has bullied protesters and profited off recent hurricanes.
Egged On by Industry Lobbyists, Interior Department Weakens Bird Protections
It likely will be impossible to know how many more birds might die in oil pits or from other industry activity as result.