The livability of rural America will be partly driven by how well it connects to urban centers, but also, but creating local connectivity ...

The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too. The fight against climate change is overlooking rural ...

I see workforce development in rural America at a crossroads of economic transformation, population change and infrastructure ...

Rural health care systems have been in crisis for decades, a situation that will become more dire when steep cuts to Medicaid kick in next year.

People living in rural counties have a greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), requiring hospitalization, and dying from COPD than those in urban areas. Higher smoking ...

Rural areas are often in need of different kinds of expertise that is easier to find in urban areas, but they can also provide more value for homebuyers and a sense of community that is difficult to ...

The influx of dollar stores into the rural landscape can have a devastating effect on grocery stores and other small businesses in rural areas, research has found. When dollar stores move into a rural ...

Laura Pytlik went to the emergency room three times, scared she was having a heart attack after passing out while standing. When doctors at the Marietta hospital near where she lives still couldn't ...

Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...

Andrew Fry, MD, grew up in a small rural Pennsylvania community about 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg. He completed medical school and residency in the state and, after graduating last year, is now a ...

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 ...