Tracing cases: How one bar gathering led to a nursing home resident’s COVID hospitalization
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 07, 2021
A new report on contact tracing in rural Illinois illustrates how a single community gathering can lead directly to infections in a skilled nursing facility, and the challenges associated with reopening...
Primary care clinicians on front lines of early Alzheimer’s care in rural U.S., study reveals
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 09, 2022
Primary care doctors and NPs, rather than specialists, are more likely to provide care for early-onset dementias in rural areas.
Study: 1 in 5 people on Medicare travel more than 50 miles to see neurologist
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 14, 2023
Nearly 20% of people on Medicare have to travel 50 or more miles to see their neurologists — and that’s just one way. This means that people who receive care for neurological issues have to make quite...