An influx of cash would help stabilize rural health systems, but the program’s focus on technology may leave other major ...

Over 61 million people live in rural towns across the United States. These communities are characterized by their remoteness and low population density, with less than 500 individuals per square mile ...

All-cause mortality rates in rural areas have exceeded those in urban areas of the US since the 1980s, and the gap continues to widen. Yet no definitive causes of this difference are known, and within ...

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 ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Time for a dramatic transformation to make rural areas more productive, sustainable, ...

Cancer in the United States experienced a dramatic turnaround in 1991. Prior to that year, cancer deaths had been increasing ...

Cancer in the United States experienced a dramatic turnaround in 1991. Prior to that year, cancer deaths had been increasing ...

For the period 2007–17 rural death rates were higher than urban rates for the seven major causes of death analyzed, and disparities widened for five of the seven. In 2017 urban areas had met national ...

We could leverage our rural workforce in remarkable ways. Rural workers are more accessible than ever in an era where remote ...

Shelby County in northeast Missouri lost more then 4% of its population between 2010 and 2020. Its county seat of Shelbyville is one of hundreds of rural areas dealing with a shrinking and aging ...

This is part of CNET's "Crossing the Broadband Divide" series exploring the challenges of getting internet access to everyone. When Galen Manners was offered a promotion at his job, he didn't want to ...