Rural Medicine

Pastor Billy Joe Lewis was all in favor when a local health worker suggested a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the parking lot of his church in Smilax, Ky. "We've still got to use common sense," Lewis says. "Anything that can ward off suffering and death, I think, is a wonderful thing."

Kentucky's backroad churches may be key to saving hospitals overwhelmed by COVID

Sarah Varney

Public health workers are going church to church and house to house in the state's secluded valleys to dispel COVID myths, ease isolation, bring aid, and convince wary residents to get vaccinated.

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

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FSU's Rural-Based Medical Programs May Soon Add New Location

Victoria Weler

Florida State University’s rural based medical program may soon have a new location. Citrus county commissioners will discuss the plan at their Tuesday...

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Training New Doctors Right Where They Are Needed

Dr. Olga Meave didn’t mind the dry, 105-degree heat that scorched this Central Valley city on a recent afternoon.The sweltering summer days remind her of…