AdvertisementSmall-Town Hospitals Are Closing Just As Coronavirus Arrives In Rural AmericaApril 09, 2020Kirk SieglerfacebookEmailThe recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala., is one of the latest health care facilities to fall victim to a wave of rural hospital shutdowns across the U.S. in recent years. With hundreds of hospitals endangered, residents are worried about getting health care amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP)