You should call this number. I’ve been super sad about the holidays and how much my family has lost these past few years and this totally made my night. 🥹

Sam the rural health advoCATe loves veterans and loves analyses that include rurality. However, the definitions documented in this study appear incorrect (screenshot). RUCAs 1.0 - 3.0 are urban, per ERS/USDA. #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Good god, am I going to have to spout my 💩 about how stupid “all male panels”, or “manels” are? Again? Don’t start this crap at academic conferences again, boys

Let's talk turkey (couldn't help it): www.datawrapper.de/_/WDp3w/ @dailyyonder.bsky.social

Apply to the 2026-2027 Morris Fishbein Fellowship in Medical Editing for the chance to develop your skills in all facets of editing and publishing a major medical journal. Applicants must hold an MD or DO degree to be eligible. 🔗 ja.ma/3IpH1OL

New research shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Basically, bigger facilities with more resources participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. @ruprihealth.bsky.social www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/681 #PowerOfRuralCats

Sharing these two commentators. Indeed, the downstream effects of rural hospital closures are often ignored, which hisses Sam the rural health advoCATe off. #PowerOfRuralCats

Excellent discussion, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe, but it neglects to discuss the degree to which the issues noted are worse for rural kittens. We need more rural pediatric training. #PowerOdRuralCats www.beckershospitalreview.com/care-coordin...

Another potential model program, shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. Let's try to find things to be thankful for...and recruiting folks who will return to rural is evidence based. #PowerOfRuralCats www.live5news.com/2025/11/24/u...

New research shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. With rural hospitals already in distress, Medicaid cuts in the OBBB could be a final blow for many communities. @ruralhealth.bsky.social #PowerOfRuralCats www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/

A positive story, approved by Sam the rural health advoCATe. #PowerOfRuralCats dailyyonder.com/a-montana-ho...

this man is 40 years old

And keep in mind, the 4-day countdown (before you it's time to throw away the leftovers) begins when you cook the food, not when you serve it. So the "make-ahead" dishes actually need to be handled appropriately. #FoodSafety

Rural kittens need Medicaid, says Sam the rural health advoCATe. With 62% of rural pediatric hospitalizations funded by Medicaid, and 1 in 4 rural hospitals hitting 75% Medicaid, cuts in the OBBB will have appalling results. @jamapediatrics #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Rural is taking multiple hits right now, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe. The ones that aren’t as neatly dramatic also count. #PowerOfRuralCats

This is the masculinity the world needs, fellas. Ten of these for every Andrew Tate could fix us.

Heads up! If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in survey and data science (read: all things quantitative social science) at the University of Michigan, please check out these upcoming info sessions!

Join NHCHC and the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. CST to talk about smoking cessation programs and delivery models that Health Centers can implement to improve outcomes for their patients. Register: https://ow.ly/eBE150XvUL5

This study has interesting implications for rural, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe. Smoking is more prevalent, and cancer mortality higher, in rural counties. Expanded screening might address this disparity. #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

NRHA’s Zil Joyce Dixon Romero spoke at a Kentucky RHA event this week, where he met with state lawmakers and the head of the office of rural health. Also pictured: the NRHD proclamation that NRHA and NOSORH worked to get issued in dozens of states across the country. #gorural

The @lowninstitute.bsky.social awards the Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility each year to a young clinician who demonstrates bold leadership in social justice and health care reform. The award comes with a $25,000 prize. Nominations due January 15, 2026: lowninstitute.org/projects/ber...

Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed off when actions are taken that will make the most disadvantaged, and most rural, population in the U.S. even *more* disadvantaged. #PowerOfRuralCats

The rural local public health workforce differs from its urban counterpart, shares Sam the rural health advoCATe. A larger proportion of rural workers are nearing retirement, indicating the need for training & recruiting for rural public health. #PowerOfRuralCats journals.lww.com/jphmp/fullte...

Rural advocates have to follow this "transformation" project very closely, notes Sam the rural health advoCATe. The people writing these provisions may not have rural as their focus. #PowerOfRuralCats

Amazing discussion right now in a small corner of doctor FB about the apparent enshittification of AI scribes. Especially the free versions. This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note. Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky

Endorsed by Sam the rural health advoCATe, who knows that power takeoffs and kittens don’t mix. #PowerOfRuralCats

A little late (Sam apologizes), an opportunity for today: Webinar scheduled for 10:00am Pacific, 11:00am Mountain, 12:00pm Central, 1:00pm Eastern today, November 20, National Rural Health Day! #PowerOfRuralCats www.ruralhealthinfo.org/webinars/abo...

Sam the rural health advoCATe *almost* agrees with this call, but: "more" alone won't help. We need to consider the *distribution* of primary care & ensure that all rural practitioners have the funding they need. @milbankfund.bsky.social #PowerOfRuralCats www.milbank.org/2025/11/prim...

Important if distressing work shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe. In South Carolina, rural moms who delivered in urban facilities were more likely to experience severe maternal morbidity and mortality. @jamanetworkopen.com #PowerOfRuralCats jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Getting ready for National Rural Health Day, November 20, Sam the rural health advoCATe shares info on South Carolina's NRHD Community Star, Ms. Regina Nesmith-Dimery! #PowerOfRuralCats mailchi.mp/scorh/scorhr...?

Shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe, who loves all critters.

Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed by this analysis. Flip the question to *communities*. Urban areas will generally not be devastated by the loss of a single facility. Rural often have one 1 hospital. #PowerOfRuralCats www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/medi...

To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”

Doctor Here 👋 -The Department of Education just said nursing is no longer a professional degree. - #Nursing is one of the most important and respected professions. Our healthcare system depends on them. - #Nurses save lives!! They must be respected as professionals! #medsky #publichealth

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...

As millions shop for ACA marketplace coverage, vague proposals to replace premium tax credits with cash "accounts" would raise costs and leave people without affordable options; policymakers should extend proven tax credit enhancements instead. www.cbpp.org/blog/vague-o...

Today NRHA COO Brock Slabach is speaking at Indiana Rural Health Association’s Public Policy Forum, while Chief Policy Officer Carrie Cochran-McClain and State Govt. Affairs Manager Zil Joyce Dixon Romero are at the National Rural Health Day congressional event and reception. #powerofrural #gorural

And Sam the rural health advoCATe also wants people sharing rural stories this month! Numbers are nice, but stories sell. We need to uplift rural people and places beyond the arrogant stereotypes shared by urban "influencers," hisses Sam. #PowerOfRuralCats www.votervoice.net/iframes/NRHA...

Sam the rural health advoCATe is cheering these new Rural Health Fellows! Remember to offer a toast to each of them on National Rural Health Day, this Thursday, November 20. @ruralhealth.bsky.social #PowerOfRuralCats www.ruralhealth.us/blogs/2025/1...

Sam the rural health advoCATe is hissed. We cannot expect rural kittens to enter health professions, or others, with inadequate access to the classes they need. Education is a key determinant of health. #PowerOfRuralCats www.nwea.org/research/pub...

On the same soapbox again... I think universities need to do a MUCH better job supporting mental health concerns amongst faculty and staff. While they have awoken to the need to attune to mental health, we're frequently involved only as frontline for students' - rarely as a concern for our own.

Sam the rural health advoCATe is equally hissed off. Many of these women were rural. #PowerOfRuralCats

Between February and August 2025, 1 in 30 NIH-funded clinical trials lost grant funding, affecting over 74,000 participants, with disproportionate impact on prevention, infectious disease, and behavioral trials. ja.ma/4i4tSYx

Hmmmm. But Sam the rural health advoCATe is never Reviewer 2 on promoting rural health (IYKYK). This Thursday, Nov. 20, is National Rural Health Day. Visit nosorh.org to find ways in which you can participate in rural health education and advocacy in your state. #PowerOfRuralCats

Rural libraries are lifelines. They're places for learning, care & community. Federal cuts are putting them at risk. We should be investing in these spaces, not dismantling them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Misinformation review focuses on: -role of disinformation for profit - antiscience policy - how & why disinfo is increasing Interventions: - greater focus on framing - strategies for “prebunking” of predictable narratives - denormalization - countermarketing

The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD

Grimly shared by Sam the rural health advoCATe, who hopes we can create policies that allow more than 41% per f rural hospitals to cover deliveries. Rural cats and kittens need this. National Rural Health Day is Nov 20, let’s share ideas. #PowerOfRuralCats

Sam the rural health advoCATe suggests that including rural in these analyses (e.g., do state regulations on necessary providers influence provider networks in rural counties) would be purrfect. #PowerOfRuralCats