Rural Health

Congress included a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to support modernization of rural health care. The program awar...

This opinion piece argues that pharmacist prescribing under limited, protocol-driven authority should be expanded to improve access to routine care in areas with cli...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R‑Mo.) introduced the Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, a bill proposing a mandatory 10‑year funding stream administered by the Health R...

The article discusses the impact of a new $100,000 H-1B visa fee, established by a presidential proclamation from the Trump administration, on rural healthcare provi...

Martin General Hospital in Martin County, North Carolina, closed abruptly in August 2023, leaving the roughly 22,000-resident county without a local hospital. Emerge...

A test program in Missouri is trialing medical drones to speed delivery of critical supplies such as blood, lab samples and tissue between smaller communities and la...

Chadron Hospital in the Nebraska Panhandle ended its outpatient dialysis service at the end of March, leaving 17 patients who had relied on that local unit to obtain...

Congress established a five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program to help rural communities adjust to expected Medicaid spending reductions under rec...

The article discusses the Rural Health Transformation Program, a new $50 billion, five-year federal initiative launched under the Trump administration to address dis...

The article reports that loneliness and social isolation create increased health risks among older adults living in rural parts of the United States. It describes a ...

Alison McCullough, a 39-year-old model preparing for New York Fashion Week, discovered a lump under her arm while shaving. A mobile mammogram provider refused screen...