Budget Hotels Ask $1,000 From Eclipse Fans Visiting Rural Texas
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Animals Rural Areas Research Shutdowns (Institutional) Cameras Animal Migration Nature Ecology & Evolution (Journal) anthropause Environment Source Type: news

A New Kind of Hospital Is Coming to Rural America
(MedPage Today) -- As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdown - Kirabira J, Kagoya EK, Mpagi J, Atala CE, Ndamanywa K, Okibure A, Kibuuka R, Katongole F, Wandabwa J.
This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of alcohol and other substance use among students at Busitema University in Eastern Uganda. A cross sectiona... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time
Central Sardinia is not generally considered a hotbed of innovation: Arid and rural, some of its road signs riddled with bullet holes made by target-practicing locals, the setting recalls a Clint Eastwood western. Yet in Ottana, on the brownfield site of a former petrochemical plant, a new…#centralsardinia #clinteastwood #ottana #energydome #milan #sardinia #claudiospadacini #italian #solar #jennifermgranholm (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the extension of an information collection titled "Disclosure Requirement for the In-Office Ancillary Services Exception." CMS will use the information collected to enforce the requirement that physicians who provide certain imaging services (MRI, CT, and PET) under the in-office ancillary services exception to the physician self-referral prohibition must provide the disclosure notice as well as the list of other imaging suppliers to the patient. Comments are due by May 17, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

ACF: Request for Information: Office of Head Start Tribal Programs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is seeking comments on rules, regulations, and available training and technical assistance (TTA) supports impacting the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Head Start community. ACF seeks input on the following topics to improve the quality of Head Start services in areas of great need: eligibility; program options; quality environments; child health and safety; tribal language preservation, maintenance, revitalization, and restoration; family and community engagement; workforce; training and technical assistance; partne...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

RHS: Changes Related to Reserve Account Administration in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan Programs
Notice of final rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) updating its regulations and implementing changes related to the administration of property reserve accounts under the Multi-Family Housing (MFH) section 515, Rural Rental Housing (RRH), and section 514, 516 Farm Labor Housing (FLH) programs in order to increase flexibility in project refinancing for additional capital improvements. This rule is effective April 17, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

RHS: Section 514 Off-Farm Labor Housing Subsequent Loans and Section 516 Off-Farm Labor Housing Subsequent Grants To Improve, Repair, or Make Modifications to Existing Off-Farm Labor Housing Properties for Fiscal Year 2024
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is accepting applications for subsequent Section 514 Off-Farm Labor Housing (Off-FLH) loans and subsequent Section 516 Off-FLH grants to improve, repair, or make modifications to existing Off-Farm Labor Housing Properties for fiscal year 2024. This program aims to increase the supply of affordable housing for farm laborers. Applications will be accepted until June 18, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Rural Employment Recovery Halts
Highlights recent rural employment statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Notes that recent trends were improving, but the latest report showed rural employment has decreased 0.4% when compared to pre-COVID numbers. Includes urban and rural comparisons as well as variations within industries. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

CDC: Solicitation for Nominations for Appointment to the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership on the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH). Nominations are due by April 17, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 18, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Workforce Training Center in Chewelah Would Give Internships to Rural High Schoolers
Highlights a project to offer internships for rural high school students and create a training center in Washington for careers in health and other industries. Notes that the project may help keep students in the region once they graduate. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 17, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must close their beds
Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must close their beds
As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient beds and…#southeast #medicare #carriecochranmcclain #south #midwest #nebraska #florida #georgepink #irwincountyhospital #ocilla (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Barriers to opioid use disorder treatment among people who use drugs in the rural United States: a qualitative, multi-site study - Stopka TJ, Estadt AT, Leichtling G, Schleicher JC, Mixson LS, Bresett J, Romo E, Dowd P, Walters SM, Young AM, Zule W, Friedmann PD, Go VF, Baker R, Fredericksen RJ.
BACKGROUND: In 2020, 2.8 million people required substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in nonmetropolitan or 'rural' areas in the U.S. Among this population, only 10% received SUD treatment from a specialty facility, and 1 in 500 received medication for o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news