{"id":86052,"date":"2025-07-23T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86052\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:49:12","slug":"sarepta-texas-floods-rural-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86052\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarepta, Texas floods, rural cancer care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Theresa Gaffney is the lead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/morning-rounds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Rounds<\/a> writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient communities. You can reach Theresa on Signal at theresagaff.97.<\/p>\n<p>Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT\u2019s free newsletter Morning Rounds.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/signup\/morning-rounds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives is heading into its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-cancels-votes-fight-jeffrey-epstein-files-rcna220238\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">summer recess<\/a> early. As one STAT colleague said over Slack: Must be nice! We\u2019re still covering the news over here, and there\u2019s lots of it. Read on.<\/p>\n<p>Federal cuts threaten improving rural cancer care<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky is a hotbed for cancer, with the highest incidence and among the highest mortality rates of any state. Within its borders, disparities persist between patients in rural and urban areas, as new technologies and treatments fail to reach rural areas to the same degree. For years, Kentucky has been trying to close this divide with multilayered efforts that have become a national model, with imitators in Iowa, Nevada, and Mississippi. There\u2019s been foundational progress, but after President Trump signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/07\/03\/trump-tax-cut-bill-changes-for-health-care-medicaid-cuts-aca-obamacare-hsa-rural-health-hospitals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">landmark tax bill<\/a> earlier this month, those gains are at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[210,1141,1142,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-86052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114902870472369822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}