For patients in rural areas, access to these breakthrough treatments requires more coordination, support and financial means to travel to larger medical centers.
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Jigar Thakkar,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2026
Throughout her life, Parton was a constant supporter for hospitals and medical centers in need, especially in Tennessee.
Images of hospitals overwhelmed with the sick and dying flooded our consciousness.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Sep. 2026
Last year’s catastrophic southern floods, triggered by 25 inches of rain over three days, killed at least 145, inundated more than 33,000 homes and damaged critical facilities such as schools, hospitals and highways.
There are about 1,800 licensed hospices providing end-of-life care in Los Angeles County, more than six times the national average given its senior population.
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John Fund,
Oc Register,
8 Sep. 2026
Within a few years, Los Angeles County had more hospices than a dozen other states combined.
Ingram said some of the concerns about ending self-attestation are overblown and people can get diagnoses to support their inability to work at many places, including charitable clinics and federally qualified health centers.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2026
To prevent women from contracting HIV from their partners while pregnant, antenatal clinics hope to start offering vaginal rings, which slowly release a protective antiretroviral drug over the course of a month.
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