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Brett Altman, the CEO of Cass Health in Atlantic, said he was surprised when the hospital's initial grant application for Rural Health Transformation program funding for a $3 million PET scanner was rejected.

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Iowa hopes to get up to $1 billion to improve rural health infrastructure. Some say it will do little to offset looming Medicaid cuts

Natalie Krebs

State officials hope to bring in up to $1 billion in federal funds over the next five years to improve rural health infrastructure, but some say it will do little to help rural hospitals weather looming Medicaid spending reductions.

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Ziggy Stardust and Hacky Sack: What life was like the last time we went to the moon

Rachel Treisman

The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.
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'Stay Alive,' about daily life in Nazi Berlin, shows how easy it is to just go along

John Powers

Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.
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Trump makes case for Iran war. And, SCOTUS leans toward upholding birthright citizenship

Brittney Melton

President Trump addressed the nation last night, making his case for war with Iran. And, the Supreme Court majority seemed inclined to rule against the Trump administration on birthright citizenship.

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