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By Sam Whitehead Kaiser Health News One evening in February 2017, Sarah Dudley’s husband, Joseph, started to feel sick. He had a high fever, his head and body ached, and he seemed disoriented, she said. The Dudleys had a decision to make: go to the hospital emergency room or to an urgent care clinic near […]

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Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – July 16: Hospitalization and incidental COVID-19 cases; Latinos complain of being turned away; Federal change-up and NC impact

by Editor July 16, 2020December 10, 2022
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Posted inRural Health

Recruiting and Retaining Rural Health Providers

by Taylor Knopf December 14, 2018September 5, 2022
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Debate over Certificate of Need Laws Returns at Legislature

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