Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A farmhouse sits along a gravel road near Elgin, Iowa. For at least the next dozen years, rural areas will continue to have only ...

With physicians experiencing high turnover and burnout the during Covid-19 pandemic and rural hospitals closing, the shortage of doctors in rural America keeps getting worse. In 2023, 65% of rural ...

The scarcity of nearby medical specialists, inadequate insurance, and the time and expense required to travel to Albuquerque or Santa Fe makes it difficult for many people in rural New Mexico to get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A health care worker examines the ear of Ben Bruski in the emergency room at Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association in Ekalaka, ...

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Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in Kansas and many other rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors say patients have become increasingly distrustful and ...

WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania congressman has introduced legislation that would create a student loan repayment program for doctors who provide specialist services in rural areas. Republican Rep. John ...

The Trump administration recently awarded Vermont a $195 million Rural Health Transformation grant whose stated purpose is to strengthen health care access, quality and outcomes i ...

It's now been 32 years since publication of My Own Country, the powerful memoir of Abraham Verghese, MD, about his time as an immigrant infectious diseases doctor caring for patients in rural ...

Dr. Callie Krewson and Dr. Ben Khalil know a thing or two about practicing rural medicine. They know they need to be ready for any health event. They know what to do in all kinds of settings. And now ...