Wyoming Stories
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Midwife-run birth centers for low-risk patients are especially popular in some rural Western states.
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The route traverses across regions of Colorado that touch public lands and are slightly off the beaten path. -
Skeptics question energy company’s data center ties, but former superintendent takes $105M in good faith. -
Wyoming just took the step to require hospitals to publicly post their prices for services. Colorado has had that requirement since 2021, and now a nonprofit is trying to help consumers make better sense of the data. -
As health care systems move toward more and more electronic record keeping, the labor it takes to manage that data threatens to cripple rural hospitals, according to industry insiders.
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Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections. -
A respected figure in the world of global health, Dr. Kerry takes on a new responsibility. She says it's challenging but not "daunting." -
It is hard not to fall in love with Katherine Browne, the eager to please, mini-skirted narrator in Barbara Trapido's 40-plus-year-old debut novel, reissued this month. -
Research on past recessions suggests downturns can accelerate automation. That raises the specter of a double whammy for workers.
