ATLANTA — Georgia State University researchers are looking at factors that cause people to remain unhoused, especially in more rural parts of the United States. Rather than looking solely at economic ...

Researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center recently published the first set of data from the Risks Underlying ...

This content was created by The Chronicle’s editorial team, supported by a grant from Ascendium. Read our policies on foundation support. R ural workforces are typically specialized, focusing on ...

Compared to urban residents, more people in rural areas engage in the informal economy, like home repair and subsistence food production, among other things, according to rural sociologists. There is ...

A billboard for a new study about why heart and lung disease is so much higher in the rural South is seen in Napoleonville, La. Sean Coady / AP Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he had a major ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Vasan Ramachandran is baffled. A cardiologist ...

The influx of dollar stores into the rural landscape can have a devastating effect on grocery stores and other small businesses in rural areas, research has found. When dollar stores move into a rural ...

Experts say that elder abuse in rural communities is significantly underreported. (Photo by CDC on Unsplash) Experts say elder abuse in rural communities is a problem, but finding ways to solve it ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (UPI) --Deaths from cardiovascular disease have surged among adults ages 25 to 64 living in rural areas, a new study shows. The study is to be presented Sunday at the American Heart ...

Darrell Dixon's father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough ...

Rural hospitals survive longer if they receive financial assistance from USDA’s Community Facilities loan and grant program, according to a study by USDA’s Economic Research Service. Hospitals that ...

A growing number of urban hospitals are reclassifying themselves as both urban and rural to reap financial benefits Congress intended for rural hospitals only, a new study has found. “In 2016, in ...