One in seven Americans live in rural areas and rely on rural hospitals and health systems for the health and well-being of their communities.

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 ...

Carnegie Mellon University junior Kausthub Satluri analyzed data about how people move based on where jobs are located for a ...

Rural areas are often in need of different kinds of expertise that is easier to find in urban areas, but they can also provide more value for homebuyers and a sense of community that is difficult to ...

Public institutions have a tremendous responsibility to provide health care in rural parts of the United States. But how can public policy solve these difficult problems? How can universities and ...

Dermatologists remain concentrated in well-resourced, metropolitan communities, and persistent maldistribution is associated ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too. The fight against climate change is overlooking rural ...