Congress directed the agency to sharpen its focus on public health in rural areas with the Office of Rural Health after COVID-19 had an outsize impact on rural America.
Advocates for improving rural health pushed for the CDC to extend its rural health focus. They hope the Office of Rural Health will commit to research and analyses.
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Advocates for improving rural health pushed for the CDC to extend its rural health focus. They hope the Office of Rural Health will commit to research and provide analyses that lead to good policies.