rural health

Sparsely populated communities face unique challenges, such as isolation and cultural stigmas about mental health, that call for tailored suicide prevention approaches.

“We get through a surge and we think, OK, we’re done. And then a year later, we’re in another surge. And all we can think of now is, when’s the next one going to come?”

With the coronavirus surging again, smaller hospitals in Kansas can't count on the life-saving help of bigger, nearby facilities.

On a Tuesday evening earlier this month, outside Ralls’ City Hall, nearly two dozen residents waited in the 90-degree Texas heat. For two hours, they...

One in four rural households report being unable to get medical care for serious problems, due to the pandemic, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard.

The indictment alleges Jorge Perez and others exploited federal regulations that allow some rural hospitals to charge substantially higher rates for laboratory testing than other providers.

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — The Finney County Emergency Medical Service department, with its staff of 23, is conserving its N95 masks and only using them when a…

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — When Christi Graber checked into the St. Catherine Hospital emergency room late last year, she thought she was having a heart…

Rural Coloradans may have better access to psychiatric care soon. The United Health Foundation awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Colorado Center for...

Next Tuesday at West Texas A&M University, the Texas Tribune will be presenting a public event entitled "Underserved: A Conversation on Rural Health…