Working-age adults who live in small towns and rural areas are more likely to be covered by Medicaid than their counterparts ...

Rural North Carolina counties are seeing growing deserts of health services for women at local hospitals, with serious health ...

NC data shows labor and delivery and other women's services reduced or eliminated at rural hospitals, with negative health ...

Today you can drive through many once-thriving towns in rural North Carolina and view main streets where formerly thriving ...

A little over 39% of all Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina live in rural counties, according to an NC Health News analysis of the latest enrollment data from the state Department of Health and ...

Yonder profiles senior citizens who made the choice to relocate from urban to rural areas for their retirement.

So, what is it going to take for our state to recognize the critical problems in our rural counties? Where is the commitment ...

Carbon monoxide “is an odorless, colorless gas that kills without warning,” according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

The state must pursue a technology-driven remedy anchored by three strategic pillars: workforce development, energy and ...

Rural hospitals with thin-to-negative margins may be forced to cut back on telemedicine and remote patient monitoring.

One in 10 older adults across the country reported experiencing some form of abuse during the previous year, new report shows ...