rural health care

April 1, 2025 | 4:58 PM

Pa. health care experts worry about future of rural hospitals if Medicare or Medicaid see cuts

By Sydney Roach/WPSU

March 27, 2024 | 10:03 AM

Penn Highlands Elk maternal care cuts highlight Pa.’s widening rural services gap

The end of Penn Highlands’ birth services marks another huge maternal care loss for Pennsylvania’s shrinking rural counties.

By Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College

August 4, 2023 | 12:09 PM

Pennsylvania healthcare providers say rural hospitals at risk of closing

By Sydney Roach/WPSU

April 3, 2023 | 5:00 AM

How much north-central Pennsylvania nonprofit hospital executives are paid

To get a broader picture of executive pay at nonprofit hospitals in north-central PA, Spotlight PA compiled a list of salaries and bonuses from facilities in the region.

By Ashad Hajela of Spotlight PA State College

February 19, 2023 | 8:46 AM

A kid in Guatemala had a dream. Today she’s a disease detective

Asturias’ vision swelled beyond a clinic. He wanted to train people and build space to do research “to better monitor these illnesses,”

By Ari Daniel/NPR

April 12, 2021 | 7:42 AM

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Rural Pa. residents lament more cuts to local hospitals during pandemic

Hospitals across the country have been feeling the financial pain, but it’s hitting rural America especially hard.

By Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads

January 15, 2021 | 5:18 AM

Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in rural Pa. requires flexibility and trust from communities

A Kaiser Family Foundation report released last week found rural residents are among the most hesitant about vaccines.

By Min Xian/SpotlightPA

April 9, 2020 | 6:32 AM

Small-town hospitals are closing just as coronavirus arrives in rural America

By Kirk Siegler/NPR

March 26, 2020 | 7:54 AM

COVID-19 highlights rural health care disparities in Pennsylvania

Health care resources in rural Pennsylvania are stretched thin.

By Sarah Boden/WESA

March 16, 2020 | 10:03 AM

Rural towns insulated from coronavirus now may take a harder hit later

"It gives us a little bit more time to prepare and to, to educate people on, especially social distancing."

By Frank Morris/KCUR

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