TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A: New CDC office could help make inroads on work to combat disparities in US rural health JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 10 LP - 10 VL - 53 IS - 2 AU - Maaisha Osman Y1 - 2023/04/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/53/2/10.abstract N2 - While the 20% of Americans that live in rural areas face the same major causes of death as others in the U.S. — including heart disease, cancer and unintentional injuries — they are more likely to die prematurely from them than their urban counterparts. The COVID-19 pandemic added to challenges, with rural residents less likely to get vaccinated and more likely to die from the disease. ER -