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Urbanization
A nurse goes to her hospital shift after graduating from the nursing school.

An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals

by Anika Nayak, Jaya Sarin Pradhan

A flurry of partnerships demonstrate how academic health systems can bolster rural hospitals

Poverty
A jararacussu snake is seen at Butantan Institute.

The Mathematical Solution to Snakebites

by Carrie Arnold

A Duke University team develops a math model to better distribute antivenom to the Amazonas

A pink tractor sits at Iverson Family Farms near Monitor, Oregon, U.S., September 17, 2020.
Urbanization

Examining the Diversity of the Rural United States

by Parkes Kendrick

How rural health varies by racial and ethnic population

A passenger wearing a protective face mask is seen from the window of a bus, after the provincial government started easing the lockdown restrictions and allowed to resume city public transport in Sindh, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Governance

The Expansion of Virtual Emergency Care

by Chen Chen, Rahul Sharma

Phones, cameras, and call centers improve patients’ access to health care in Pakistan

Relatives and neighbors attend the funeral of a woman surnamed Liu, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at a village in Tonglu county, Zhejiang province, China, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song
Aging

COVID Deaths in Rural China

by Chen Chen

Funerals and traditions during Spring Festival travel

Basotho shepherd and dog looking out from a mountain ledge, in Thaba Tseka, Lesotho. Photo courtesy of Edwin Remsberg
Migration

How Shepherds Access Health Care in Lesotho

by Chen Chen

Hurdles and innovations for nomadic and semi-nomadic people