Congress Has Increased Rural Physician Training – Is it Working?
Experts analyze Medicare-funded residency training two years after Congress created 1,000 new residency slots reserved specifically for rural and unde…
Month: September 2023
CDC’s Project Firstline Infection Control Micro-Learns: Cough and Congestion!
CDC’s Project Firstline knows that healthcare workers are short on time, but it shouldn’t limit their access to practical and valuable infection c…
Gabriela Mistral: First Latina to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Gabriela Mistral, born as Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in Chile, was the first Latina author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Her poems ex…
Venus on Earth: NASA’s VERITAS Science Team Studies Volcanic Iceland
With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that…
Water-Watching Satellite Monitors Warming Ocean off California Coast
Warm ocean waters from the developing El Niño are shifting north along coastlines in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Along the coast of California, these warm…
Honoring ‘Godmother of Mariachi’ Music Isabel (Belle) Ortiz
Mariachi music is a hallmark of Latino culture. Generations of Latinos listen to mariachis – a small Mexican musical ensemble of mostly stringed ins…
NASA’s Curiosity Reaches Mars Ridge Where Water Left Debris Pileup
Three billion years ago, amid one of the last wet periods on Mars, powerful debris flows carried mud and boulders down the side of a…
New! Highlights and Opportunities Identified from Rural Health Value Summit: Driving Value Through Community-Based Partnerships
The Rural Health Value team is pleased to release the following report that from a recent summit that explored driving value through community-based p…
Pennsylvania Data Center News: ACS 1-Year Estimates Released
New 1-Year Estimates Data Released The U.S. Census Bureau has released a new set of estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) for the year 20…
September 2023 Updates on HRSA’s OPTN Modernization Initiative
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is pleased to share an update on our efforts related to the Organ Procurement and Transplantat…