HOUSTON, Miss. - Getting emergency care for people living in rural areas is increasingly more difficult as hospitals there struggle to stay afloat. It’s evident in small towns like Houston, Miss., ...

It is essential for rural providers to be on a pathway to quality reporting and improvement to make care meaningfully better for the millions of rural Americans. More than 59 million people live in ...

As closures of rural hospitals across the United States continue, more Americans are facing hour-plus drives to reach surgical centers, two new reports find. By 2020, data show, 99 million Americans ...

Imagine a rural past with agriculture, manufacturing and a wealth of natural resources working together to fuel the local economy. “You had these communities that were self-sustaining,” Mary Ann ...

Nearly 300,000 people have immigrated from abroad to nonmetropolitan, or rural, counties since 2020, driving most of the growth in rural America during that time, according to a Daily Yonder analysis ...

Almost 50 million Americans—disproportionately in rural areas—must drive 25 miles or more to access a gastroenterologist for diagnosis and treatment of issues involving the digestive system, according ...

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Growing up in a rural farming community, Dr. Jodie Winship understood that education was important but, for many, not possible due to poverty, commitments to family farming businesses and a host of ...