Rural healthcare in the United States is approaching a structural breaking point, and the implications extend far beyond ...

Caregivers living in rural areas reported poorer general and physical health and were more likely to smoke and have obesity than caregivers in urban areas, according to a recent analysis. Researchers ...

The American Heart Association issued a scientific statement addressing barriers to hypertension management in rural communities.

Rural communities in the United States face a dire health crisis that threatens the population's well-being, says the American College of Physicians, in a new policy published today in the Annals of ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. This essay is the first in a four-part series I’m calling Rural Health ...

TYRONE — In rural Pennsylvania, there is about one primary care physician for every 522 residents, compared to the state’s urban areas where that ratio is about one physician for every 222 residents, ...

In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled its Rural Public Health Strategic Plan, which outlines the priorities, objectives and outcomes the agency hopes to see over ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Wyoming officials say they have a plan to make five years of upcoming grants from a new $50 billion federal rural health program last “forever.” ...

North Dakota rural health faces at least four major challenges, according to Brad Gibbens, deputy director of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine Center for Rural Health. Gibbens has ...

Digging into data can help policymakers and healthcare providers understand the challenges facing rural residents in Georgia, according to researchers at a nonprofit healthcare research group. The new ...