Addiction specialists urge action on opioid crisis in rural Pa.

Lawmakers held a public listening to in Harrisburg Thursday to short officials on the continued impact of the state’s opioid disaster in rural communities. Dependancy experts, therapy providers and law…

Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom

[UPDATED at 11 a.m. ET] MALMO, Minn. — 8 ladies, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free of charge Church to a rendition of Daniel…

Tricare network drops rural pharmacies

Principal Avenue Pharmacy is situated at 218 E. Primary St. Countless numbers of unbiased pharmacies are no longer  in the Tricare retail pharmacy network considering that Oct, which includes Cherokee…

As overdoses soar in rural America, more clinicians are prescribing addiction medications

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is happy to see that she’s getting a lot less of a rarity in rural America. The nurse practitioner prescribes medicine to dozens of patients…

Federal dollars to help WVU expand rural drug treatment program

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Institute for Community and Rural Health has received $1 million in federal cash to preserve and grow the Rural Communities Opioid Reaction Application.…