Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Incidence of respiratory infections during early childhood was higher in urban vs. rural areas. Differences in ...

While city living has many benefits, it can negatively affect mental health. City dwellers can use strategies to find balance and flourish in sometimes stressful urban environments. Cities are centers ...

It is election season in many countries. Political pundits, media outlets, and other observers frequently underscore the growing polarization across rural and urban communities during this time. 1-3 ...

The urban housing landscape is transforming, fueled by the growing popularity of communal living, or "co-living." Affordable rents become even more relevant when considering the nationwide surge in ...

Becky Thomas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Each year, the first Monday of October marks World Habitat Day, which aims to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the right of all to adequate shelter. The share of people living in urban ...

In Matthew Roach's two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in mortality rates ...

Redlined, marginalized communities tend to experience an outsized amount and volume of urban noise, a new study has found. Such unseen pollution — which has been associated with negative effects on ...

Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...