Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An 18% higher adjusted mortality rate was found in medium/small metropolitan and rural areas vs. large ...

Patients with ovarian cancer living in rural areas reported less improvement in psychological function compared with patients living in urban areas in the year following ovarian cancer diagnosis.

A new study has found that suicide rates in rural communities continues to be higher than those in urban areas, largely due to challenges with accessing mental health resources. Rural residents face ...

The risk was higher for all of the five leading causes of death. Rural Americans are more likely to die early from one of the five leading causes of death than those who live in urban areas, according ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. − A growing homeless crisis has been stretching to far-flung corners of the Tar Heel State, with tent encampments popping up in rural areas and demand for social services spiking in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County voters will decide in November on a charter amendment to establish a rural boundary. The county commissioner approved the proposed amendment unanimously on Tuesday, ...