The number of people overall experiencing homelessness in the U.S. rose by less than 1% from 2020 to 2022, but those in rural Continuums of Care, local planning bodies responsible for coordinating the ...

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 ...

Do you live in a rural area? For most of us, that question is relatively easy to answer. We can simply look outside of our windows and make an assessment. This simple question, however, becomes ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, many rural communities like mine are facing a growing health care crisis, with hospitals closing, providers ...