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President Jimmy Carter, A Humanitarian & Advocate

Black Health Matters

” Some of the global health conditions that the center attempted to prevent and treat through their efforts include “Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria in Hispaniola.” He supported the Rural Health Initiative in 1975. According to The U.S.

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Journalists Talk Southern Health Care: HIV Drug Access, Medicaid Expansion, Vaccination Rates

KFF Health News

Click here to watch Sausser on America’s Heroes Group Read Sausser’s “ Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become Trendy.’ ” KFF Health News contributor Rebecca Grapevine, of Healthbeat, discussed the barriers to lifesaving HIV drugs in Georgia on America’s Heroes Group on Feb.

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Medical oxygen in short supply in many parts of world: Research

The Hill

As the Lancet Global Health Commission noted in its report on medical oxygen security, about 374 million people need medical oxygen every year, with roughly 9 million people needing long-term oxygen due to chronic illness.

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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

“It’s disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the covid-19 crisis reemerge,” said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. ” Rural health departments are also stretched thin. Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

HEALTHBEAT

Its disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis re-emerge, said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Rural health departments are also stretched thin. Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7