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COVID-19 may hit rural residents hard, and that spells trouble because of lack of rural health care

  • Written by Kevin J. Bennett, Professor, University of South Carolina
COVID-19 may hit rural residents hard, and that spells trouble because of lack of rural health careThe empty streets of Hebron, Illinois, population 1,200, a village three miles south of the Illinois/Wisconsin border.Scott Olson/Getty Images

The burden of COVID-19 in rural areas has been under the radar, as the toll of the disease so far has been heaviest in dense urban areas. But up to 30% of the U.S. population lives in rural America, which...

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