Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban ...

Federally funded programs provided both women with a social safety net and employment in one of the nation’s poorest states, ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s spending plan also invests in rural communities by promoting agriculture advancements and ...

Indiana County planning director Byron G. Stauffer Jr. talks about how economic and workforce development affect health ...

Vans equipped somewhere between a doctor’s office and hospital, with an AI agent to guide medical generalists through unfamiliar diagnoses and procedures, could improve access to health care in rural ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff announced a $750,000 grant to aid East ...

Following up on an executive order issued last month by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, the state Senate Health Committee sent a bill to the full West Virginia Senate weakening immunization requirements for ...

People living in rural areas are at greater risk for obesity than the general population, and they often have limited access ...

Wellstar and the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are helping to expand telehealth to some of our more rural areas.

The new study released on Thursday, conducted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Center for Rural Behavioral Health at Minnesota State University, Mankato and Wilder Research, identified several barriers ...

According to 2024 data from the American Association of Medical Colleges, the United States could face a projected shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036.

West Virginia's reliance on federal funds makes it particularly vulnerable to President Donald Trump's freeze on federal ...