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As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Saving rural careThat was the case for Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla, Georgia, which was the second rural emergency hospital established in the U.S. “But ... we felt like we had to try.”Irwin County Hospital became a rural emergency hospital on Feb. 1, 2023. “We might have been closed if we hadn’t (become a rural emergency hospital), so ... something had to be done,” he said. Brock Slabach, the National Rural Health Association's chief operations officer, told the AP that upwards of 30 facilities are interested in converting to rural emergency hospitals this year.

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☆ Venus Williams Isn’t Above Wearing a Sports Bra to Dinner
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Venus Williams doesn’t have any game-day rituals or superstitions. “I don’t believe in that,” said the tennis champion and entrepreneur, 43. “I believe it’s all the hard work you put in.”For Williams, who’s won seven Grand Slam singles titles and four Olympic gold medals, training is an all-day affair that includes two hours of court time, two hours in the gym and two hours of physical therapy. After sustaining an injury at Wimbledon in July, Williams said she took several weeks off.

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☆ Dating is hard. Have apps made it worse?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“Dating on the apps, it’s ruined dating a bit,” Nguyen-Don, who works as a digital marketing manager, said. “The… design of those dating apps should definitely be held accountable for this kind of dating culture,” Zhou said. His experiences on dating apps were positive, he said, and he valued the ways they introduced him to new people and new experiences. Dating apps know this. For all their flaws, dating apps are unlikely to disappear any time soon.

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