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In our latest video, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences students use the Targeted
Rural Health Education (TRHE) program to bring plain language health education to the
communities they serve.
For the 240,000 rural Americans with complete kidney failure, it’s likely that very few knew
they even had kidney disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
kidney disease is usually silent; 90% of people with kidney disease don’t know they have it.
With research pointing to the high costs of kidney disease for pediatric and adult patients
alike — mostly covered by Medicare — experts and researchers discuss rural disparities
around access to disease-stabilizing treatment and to renal replacement therapies.
News Headlines
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HHS Announces Programs to Join President Biden's Justice40 Initiative
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Biden Administration Announces First-Ever Funding Opportunity for Coordinated Approaches to Address Unsheltered Homelessness, Including Resources for Rural Communities
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
New in the Online Library
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The Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Family Physician Workforce in Non-Metropolitan and Metropolitan Counties
Source: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center -
Trends in Revenue Sources among Rural Hospitals
Source: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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