Cómo las comunidades rurales están perdiendo sus farmacias
La droguería Batson parece haberse anclado en tiempos más simples. La farmacia independiente de Howard, Kansas, todavía tiene un mostrador
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How Rural Communities Are Losing Their Pharmacies
Batson’s Drug Store seems like a throwback to a simpler time. The independently owned pharmacy in Howard, Kansas, still runs
Read More‘No Mercy’ Bonus Episodes: More From Fort Scott, Kansas
Searching for the Nuns Who Ghosted Fort Scott Host Sarah Jane Tribble sets out on a mission to learn more
Read MoreBomberos en la línea de batalla se resisten a los mandatos de vacunación contra covid
El bombero de Kentucky Jimmy Adams vio de cerca los estragos de la pandemia de coronavirus cuando se desempeñó como
Read MoreFirefighters on Front Lines, No Strangers to Risk, Push Back Against Covid Vaccine Mandates
Kentucky firefighter Jimmy Adams saw the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic when he served as a medic who helped care
Read MoreBye-Bye to Health Insurance ‘Birthday Rule’? Kansas Lawmaker Floats Fix
When Kayla Kjelshus gave birth to her first child, the infant spent seven days in the neonatal intensive care unit,
Read More‘It Didn’t Really Stick With Me’: Understanding the Rural Shrug Over Covid and Vaccines
At 70, Linda Findley has long been active in her small town of Fort Scott, Kansas, which sits more than
Read MorePfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls
Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now slated to produce the drugmaker’s
Read MoreFirefighters — ‘Health Care Providers on a Truck’ — Signal Pandemic Burnout
This story also ran on KCUR. It can be republished for free. Tim Dupin thought — or at least hoped
Read MoreBaby Blues: First-Time Parents Blindsided by ‘the Birthday Rule’ and a $207,455 NICU Bill
In the nine months leading up to her due date, Kayla Kjelshus and her husband, Mikkel, meticulously planned for their
Read MoreRural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients to Cities, Straining Hospitals
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Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 7: After a Rural Town Loses Hospital, Is a Health Clinic Enough?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Family physician Maxwell Self is doing his same old job for a
Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 6: Trickle-Down Heartache Reaches the Next Generation in a Rural Town With No Hospital
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Josh is 17. He said he smokes marijuana. He struggles with anger.
Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 5: In Rural America, Cancer Care Is Often Far From Home
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Sixty-five-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan is living with a blood cancer. Her chemotherapy takes
Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 5: With Rural Hospital Gone, Cancer Care Means a Daylong Trek
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Sixty-five-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan is living with a blood cancer. Her chemotherapy takes
Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 4: So, 2 Nuns Step Off a Train in Kansas … A Hospital’s Origin Story
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Ever since Mercy Hospital went “corporate,” things just haven’t been the same
Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 3: Patchwork of Urgent Care Frays After a Rural Hospital Closes
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Emergency care gets complicated after a hospital closes. On a cold February
Read More‘No Mercy’ Chapter 2: Unimaginable, After a Century, That Their Hospital Would Close
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Closing a hospital hurts. In Fort Scott, Kansas, no one was a
Read More‘No Mercy’ Explores the Fallout After a Small Town Loses Its Hospital
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Each season, “Where It Hurts” takes you somewhere new — to an
Read MoreRural Hospitals Teeter on Financial Cliff as COVID Medicare Loans Come Due
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Note to Readers: Sarah Jane Tribble
Read MoreTrump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID Data Leaves States in the Lurch
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Read MoreHospital Executive Charged In $1.4B Rural Hospital Billing Scheme
Use Our Story This story can be republished for free (details). A Miami entrepreneur who led a rural hospital empire
Read MoreIn Reversal, Kansas Will Count All Positive COVID Cases, Even Asymptomatic Ones
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Read MoreEconomic Blow Of The Coronavirus Hits America’s Already Stressed Farmers
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Richard Oswald, still mourning the loss of his family’s
Read MoreIn The Middle Of The Country, A Hospital And Its Community Prepare For The Surge
Megan Kampling and her husband were only a few days into a spring break trip with their children when Kansas
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