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An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks. A group of Kansas State University engineers is finding that a truly disastrous epidemic scenario could also take place in the wide-open spaces of the Great Plains. Caterina Scoglio, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is leading an Epicenter research...
WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has provided $215 million in competitive funding to improve services specifically designed for Veterans in rural and highly rural areas. "This funding signals a substantial expansion of services addressing the health care needs of our rural Veterans," Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki said. "These funds will allow VA to establish new outpatient clinics, expand collaborations with federal and...
The Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance Seeks Widespread Adoption of Rights THE HILLS, Texas, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rural Mobile Broadband Alliance, RuMBA USA, today announced the Broadband Bill of Rights, containing five key guiding principles in the debate over broadband connectivity in rural and underserved areas, following the adoption of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. According to RuMBA's Managing Director, Luisa Handem, the "American Broadband Bill of Rights"...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 'Help is Here Express' bus tour will be stopping in Texas throughout the week of February 23-27 at various cities throughout the state in order to help uninsured and financially-struggling Texans access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free. With unemployment rates in Texas having risen for seven straight months, standing today at 6 percent, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) is...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The idyllic vision of life in the country is a dream for many who imagine rolling hills, beautiful streams and a leisurely pace. But West Virginia University researchers question that scenic tableau in a study showing that injuries requiring hospitalization occur at much higher rates in rural areas. "The perception is that life in rural areas is peaceful, tranquil, serene," said Jeffrey H. Coben, M.D., a professor in the WVU Injury...
Country life may provide scenic tableaus but a U.S. study found injuries requiring hospitalization occur at much higher rates in rural areas than elsewhere. West Virginia University researchers analyzed all reported injuries of people who were admitted to U.S. hospitals for treatment in 2004. They found hospitalization rates for injuries were 35 percent higher in sparsely populated rural counties and 27 percent higher in more populated rural counties. The perception is that life in rural...
One of the most innovative rural development tactics tried in recent years is a slickly-produced Web site designed to extol the virtues of living in Nebraska's small towns. Since it was launched as an e-magazine in 2006, Nebraska Rural Living has seen a steady rise in visitors, today averaging some 12,000 a month. A recent total redesign of the site with new graphics and cutting-edge Web applets is intended to amplify one of NRL's core messages: small towns aren't necessarily Hicksville....
WELSH weather girl Sian Lloyd, left, has joined leaders of countryside organisations across the UK in sending messages of support for this year's Rural Health Week, which begins on Sunday. This year's theme, A breath of fresh air - Making tracks to health and wellbeing in the countryside - aims to highlight the links between health and the environment. Raising the profile of rural health issues, the week is designed to bring together people at all levels, from individuals and voluntary...
By Mark Branagan The concerns about healthcare provision, especially in the remote communities of North Yorkshire, will come under the spotlight at the next meeting of the county council's scrutiny of health committee on Friday.Top of the agenda will be the public consultations on a Government White Paper setting out proposals for expanding high- quality pharmaceutical services and developing the role of pharmacists as a leading clinical profession within primary care.North Yorkshire has a...
GP SURGERIES which dispense medicines are being forced to close because of a legal loophole in Wales, it was claimed last night. The Conservatives launched a stinging attack on the Welsh Assembly Government for failing to protect such practices, which are mainly based in rural areas. The criticism comes as two South Wales surgeries were forced to stop dispensing prescription medicines direct to their patients. Under regulations from 1992, which are still in force in Wales, dispensing...
