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In the Delta region of Arkansas, poverty and limited health care compound inequities
posted 01/28/2022
For years, statistics have shown that a person born in the Delta of Arkansas has a lower life expectancy than someone born in the urban areas of Central and Northwest Arkansas.
What can be done to turn around the deep health problems in Arkansas’ Delta region?
posted 07/23/2021
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas has shed light on the health disparities in the Delta areas, where once-thriving cities have become zones in need of assistance.

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In the Delta region of Arkansas, poverty and limited health care compound inequities
For years, statistics have shown that a person born in the Delta of Arkansas has a lower life... more »
posted 01/28/22
What can be done to turn around the deep health problems in Arkansas’ Delta region?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas has shed light on the health disparities in the Delta... more »
posted 07/23/21

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Project: Capitol & Scott: The Great Delta Divide
In 2021, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter Stephen Simpson won a grant from the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism to work on a series about health disparities in the Arkansas Delta.
Project: Arkansas' west is a world apart; health care an example of state’s haves, have-nots gulf
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic pain and heart issues now plague David Chenault and he is required to see a list of specialists, but none of them are in that part of the Delta.
Project: With COVID, government's role in Delta clearer
Before Ben Gilmore was a senator, he lived in the Delta in southeast Arkansas and witnessed firsthand the region's struggles with health care, infrastructure, education and more.