By Russell Lackey and Trisha Wheelock for Faith & Leadership via The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Iowa News Service reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration In the 1960s sitcom "Green Acres," wealthy New Yorkers leave the city for rural life. As the show s twangy theme song says, "Farm living is the life for me." It s a funny, lighthearted show - but in reality, many farmers lives are far from idyllic. In January 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on suicide rates by occupation. .
By Liz Carey for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for North Carolina News Service, reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration. Rural hospitals, already struggling with financial strains due to COVID-19, face an even more significant threat, experts say: the workforce shortage. .
Some smaller hospitals are facing staff shortages that have caused administrators to change the way they provide care, speakers at a virtual town hall on the state of rural health care in North Carolina said Thursday. It’s been called the "Great Resignation," people quitting their jobs for other opportunities or leaving the workplace altogether in the wake of the pandemic.