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a young man in a baseball cap and lab coat sits at a lab table with microbiology instruments
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Learning What Medical School Really Takes

by Taylor Knopf August 2, 2018August 2, 2018

By Taylor Knopf Deen Garba has wanted to be a doctor since he was 10 years old. But like most kids, the realities of medical school were lost on him. He hadn’t thought about what it would take to actually become a physician. Fortunately, he got the chance to experience the pace, rigor and sleepless […]

red barn on a hillside, next to a field of grass. It's an analogy for rural health or the rural-urban divide.
Posted inRural Health

N.C. rural health by the numbers

by Taylor Knopf January 22, 2018April 14, 2021
David Ramsey ordered tests for Rice and arranged to consult with his cardiologist.
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Medicaid, Rural Health, Uninsured

An Evening of Community Care

by Editor March 23, 2015August 9, 2015

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