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Date: Jul 12, 2017
Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence and mortality rates in rural areas – rates that are likely influenced by lack of screening. Using different approaches, two rural healthcare organizations in Idaho and Kentucky show how they are saving lives by improving colorectal cancer screening rates in their communities. - The Rural Monitor
...MMWR Rural Health Series report delivering focused details on rural-urban cancer incidence and death...
Date: Feb 2026
Reports on factors associated with receiving an antiviral prescription among adults aged 65 years or older diagnosed with COVID-19 in an outpatient setting. Includes data for urban and rural locations.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 75(6), 69-76 02/2026 Centers for Disease Control...
Reviewed: Aug 2025
Results of an ecologic study of rapid point-of-care antigen testing for COVID-19 in remote Alaskan villages and other community settings, which allowed for same-day identification of infected persons and prompt isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine of close contacts.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(33), 1120-1123 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Date: Jul 2017
Discusses the role public health can play in identifying at-risk children and helping to integrate prevention and intervention services for children early in life. Includes brief discussion of the need for behavioral health services for children in rural areas.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(29), 769-772 07/2017 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Aug 2018
Focuses on children one year of age or younger born in the U.S. territories and freely associated states whose mothers had laboratory evidence of confirmed or possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy and who had follow-up care reported. Reports data on Zika-associated birth defects and neurodevelopmental abnormalities possibly associated with congenital Zika virus infection.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(31), 858-867 08/2018 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Dec 2009
Examines H1N1 influenza mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives compared to other racial/ethnic populations, based on data from 12 participating states.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 58(48), 1341-1344 12/2009 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Sep 2022
Reports on trends in vaccination coverage among U.S. adolescents by age for ages 13 through 17. Includes discussion of rural vaccination coverage concerns but does not provide rural-specific data.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 71(35), 1101-1108 09/2022 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Dec 2016
Describes a sharp increase in cases of Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF) from January 2015 through August 2016, as reported by a radiologist treating 60 former or active coal miners in rural central Appalachia. Includes a chart showing percentages of miners with 25 or more years underground work experience in that region who were diagnosed with PMF from 1970-2016.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(49), 1385-1389 12/2016 Centers for Disease Control...
Date: Apr 2021
Reports on COVID-19 outbreaks among incarcerated people at five Idaho correctional facilities with work-release programs. The work-release sites included an agriculture-related rural work camp and two food processing plants. Discusses the increased risk of COVID-19 exposure related to work-release programs, as well as correctional facility mitigation activities and outbreak control.
...MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 70(16), 589-594 04/2021 Centers for Disease Control...
Reviewed: Feb 29, 2024
How to design an evaluation for your rural community health program.
...Disease Control and Prevention Citation: MMWR Recommendations and Reports, 73(6), 1-37 Date: 9/2024...