Across rural America, health care entities are struggling to keep their doors open. From small-town pharmacies to local clinics, rural health care is under unprecedented strain. At its core, this ...

Cuts to Medicaid, which rural areas disproportionately rely on for health care coverage, have emerged as a significant problem for congressional Republicans as they try to agree on a budget plan. The ...

Despite corporate narratives of jobs and prosperity, the booming factory farm industry is devastating rural economies and communities. Despite corporate narratives of jobs and prosperity, the booming ...

The White House announced Monday that $50 billion will go to all 50 states to support rural health care, including more than $200 million to New Hampshire.

What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem. Credit...Photo illustration by Pablo Delcan Supported by By Emma Goldberg Kristin Lunz ...

According to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the number of obstetric units across the country is falling. Without them, the health and life of rural mothers ...

More than 700 rural hospitals, over 30% of all such providers in the country, are at risk of closing as they face financial losses on patient care, limited sources of other revenue and low financial ...

On a frigid winter evening about five years ago, a desperately ill young woman walked through the doors of the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in rural Minnesota. Several weeks before, she had labored ...

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — A Hickman woman’s story of waiting for an ambulance during a medical emergency has put a spotlight on rural emergency medical services across Nebraska. Ronicka Schottel suffered ...