All-cause mortality rates in rural areas have exceeded those in urban areas of the US since the 1980s, and the gap continues to widen. Yet no definitive causes of this difference are known, and within ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Time for a dramatic transformation to make rural areas more productive, sustainable, ...

This chapter summarizes the third workshop session, which introduced rural area classification as done elsewhere in the United States and internationally. The session began with a presentation by ...

People living in rural counties have a greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), requiring hospitalization, and dying from COPD than those in urban areas. Higher smoking ...

While accessing health care is hard for rural residents, it’s even harder if they have disabilities, new research finds.

Urbanization has been linked to increased overweight and obesity levels across populations. However, evidence for this association has been based mainly on calculations of the body mass index ...

Over 61 million people live in rural towns across the United States. These communities are characterized by their remoteness and low population density, with less than 500 individuals per square mile ...

For people with epilepsy, living in counties that are more rural was associated with poorer health outcomes than for people ...

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 ...

COASTAL and rural communities would benefit from having a dedicated government minister, councillors have said.

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — In October, Advance Knox released its draft plan meant to guide decisions on how Knox County could grow over the coming decades. The program also unveiled a proposed future land ...

GT: At the Central Economic Work Conference held in December 2025, General Secretary Xi emphasized "We should still take ...