Some state proposals would use funds from $50 billion rural health program to start drone delivery of medications or to bring ...

About 1,500 rural hospitals were eligible to convert to “Rural Emergency Hospitals” beginning in 2020. Researchers at UT ...

Done right, this program may be the greatest opportunity state leaders have ever had to improve the health of their rural residents.

Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

When Kasey Shakespear broke his leg as a teenager, it took eight hours to get the care he needed. For 35 minutes, he rode an ambulance from his hometown of Tropic, past Bryce Canyon’s red rock cliffs, ...

In recognition of National Rural Health Day on November 20, Sutter Health's Dan Peterson, CEO of Behavioral Health Services, and Matthew White, M.D., chair of the Behavioral Health Service Line, share ...

BOWMAN, N.D.—Retta Jacobi stepped onto a metal platform that lifted her to an entrance on the side of a custom-designed semitrailer. Once inside, she lay down on a platform that technicians slid into ...

State’s proposal for federal funding would create regional hubs, bolster workforce and revive food-as-medicine programs.

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 ...

In rural parts of the U.S., 36 percent of jobs that pay enough for an individual to be self-sufficient require at least a bachelor’s degree, yet only 25 percent of rural workers hold such degrees.

The University of Wisconsin’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, in partnership with the Wisconsin Rural Partnerships Institute, hosted the first Wisconsin Rural Scholars Program this past ...