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July 19, 2021

RTS: Community factors influence life expectancy

COMMUNITY FACTORS INFLUENCE LIFE EXPECTANCY: A new study from the Penn State-based Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) has found that communities in America with the following three factors

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