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

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Why is rural health so hard? And where to focus to make it easy. This is ...

Despite well-documented health disparities by rurality and race/ethnicity, research investigating racial/ethnic health differences among US rural residents is limited. We used county-level data to ...

There is a persistent shortage of primary care doctors in the rural United States. Specialists, like OB-GYNs and endocrinologists, are even harder to access. According to the National Rural Health ...

The NC Department of Health and Human Services names Impact Health Region 1 NC Rural Organizations Orchestrating ...

In this conversation, Maya Sandalow, associate director of the Health Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center, shares how states are investing the funds in rural hospitals, telehealth and workforce ...

Broome County organizations can apply for funding through a new rural health initiative backed by millions in state and ...

Another $1.8 million in federal funding has been allocated to address health care issues in West Virginia, state officials ...

This month’s Health Affairs explores many dimensions of health and health care for the one out of five Americans who live in what the US Census Bureau defines as a rural area. Much attention is ...