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In Ohio, Bringing Breast Cancer Screenings To Amish Women

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Published January 1, 2020 at 11:33 AM CST

Ohio is home to one of the largest Amish populations in the country. Many of the Amish settlements overlap with rural Appalachian counties – where access to health care is hard to come by. So, one project is trying to bring breast cancer screenings to Amish women. WOSU’s Paige Pfleger (@PaigePfleger)reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.