A UnitedHealth Group report released Wednesday indicated that residents of rural areas have a disproportionate share of chronic conditions and face hurdles in getting quality care. Doctors and ...

Almost 50 million Americans—disproportionately in rural areas—must drive 25 miles or more to access a gastroenterologist for ...

Native Americans face the longest travel times, even after accounting for distances in rural areas, according to results of a ...

The United States is experiencing a teacher shortage that has impacted school districts nationwide. In fact, 86% of U.S. K-12 ...

Closing underperforming hospitals may do more harm than good, particularly in rural areas -regardless ... who already face longer travel distances for treatment. The study, published in Regional ...

Philanthropists have been putting much more money into urban areas. According to a US government study of more than 1,200 of ... It’s not as if philanthropists have to travel far from home to find ...

A new study from South Dakota State University ... care intersect culture and geography." People living in rural and frontier areas—both American Indians and other population groups—are ...

According to the GSU study, understanding the relationship between drug use, drug-related harms and rural houselessness is not keeping pace with similar information in urban areas, such as big cities.

and direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to study maternity ward closures. “One’s ZIP code should not determine one’s access to health care. Unfortunately, many women in rural areas ...

That's according to a new study published by the American Journal ... Young people from lower-income families, living in rural areas, who are Black or Hispanic and/or have more severe mental ...

Study.com explores the benefits and advantages of working as an educator in a rural area rather than an urban one.