Rural Health

Health, Science & Environment

Highest percentage of Missouri's uninsured reside in rural counties

Robert Joiner

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 11, 2012 - Most Missouri counties with the highest percentage of uninsured residents are…
Health, Science & Environment

Medical program is a pipeline to rural practice

Robert Joiner

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 27, 2012 - At first, it sounds like a put-down when Dr. Angela Whitesell describes Lockwood,…
Health, Science & Environment

For many rural Missourians, you just can't get to health care from here, Part 2

Mary Delach Leonard

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 17, 2009 - Lesley O'Daniel, a nurse who works in rural Missouri, shook her head as she…
Health, Science & Environment

For many rural Missourians, you just can't get to health care from here

Mary Delach Leonard

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 14, 2009 - Every Monday morning, primary health care arrives on a bus in Oran, a town of 1,264…