Monitoring and improving rural health is challenging because of varied and conflicting concepts of just what rural means. Federal, state, and local agencies and data resources use different ...

In February 2024, Danielle Redenbaugh, assisted only by her husband and a dispatcher, gave birth on the side of a road in rural Kansas because the nearest maternity ward was 30 miles away. This ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a visit to Kansas City, Mo., he would ask the White House Rural Council to try to reduce the number of federal government definitions ...

Do you live in a rural area? For most of us, that question is relatively easy to answer. We can simply look outside of our windows and make an assessment. This simple question, however, becomes ...

MAYO Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has said the government’s draft rural and planning guidelines must support workers and families to live and thrive in our rural and Gaeltacht communities.