States to Receive $50 Billion for Rural Health Transformation
A nationwide initiative to overhaul healthcare in rural America is underway, with states set to receive $50 billion over the next five years. The Rural Health Transformation Program, announced in late December by the Trump administration, aims to address the unique healthcare challenges faced by rural communities, according to NPR News.
The program comes as experts are increasingly concerned about healthcare access and outcomes in rural areas. Time magazine reported that lung cancer, for example, is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., often diagnosed at advanced stages.
In other news, the Supreme Court is considering a case that could determine whether partisan gerrymandering is permissible only for Republicans, according to Vox. This follows the Court's Republican majority reinstating Texas's Republican gerrymander after a lower court struck it down last month.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investigating the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Vox reported.
In other research news, geochemical research reveals dietary variability in modern pastoralists, according to Phys.org. The pastoralist lifestyle is often depicted as an unchanging dietary reliance on herd animals and mobility. This is particularly the case in eastern Africa, where a dedicated focus on herds, meat and dairy, alongside extreme mobility, is seen as the perfect adaptation to arid environments.
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