The publicly released version of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report to Congress last week was missing some critical attachments. Without this information, it’s much harder to see what USDA has in ...

A proposed definition of the term rural submitted by the Department of Agriculture to Congress last month could have broad implications for small towns across America - and not everyone is happy about ...

Lots of folks consider rural to be synonymous with agriculture, as if all of the countryside were like this bucolic 1940s shot of river bottom land in East Tennessee. But there are many other names ...

How do you know if you live in the city or the country? For some, any place without a Whole Foods is rural. For others, a stoplight is a harbinger of urban sprawl. The federal government has more than ...

Background The advent of patient-centered care challenges policy makers, health care administrators, clinicians, and patient advocates to understand the factors that contribute to effective patient ...

The U.S. government has at least 15 different official definitions of the word “rural,” including 11 at the Agriculture Department alone. These definitions apply to different programs, often ...

WASHINGTON–In 2009, Bolton and Vernon were moving full speed ahead on a vital $25 million sewer project to replace inadequate septic systems serving the area’s residents. But as construction was about ...

When is an unincorporated town more rural than urban? In Wisconsin, the answer may depend on whether one lives in Rib Mountain, a suburb of Wausau with a population of just under 7,000 – or Milwaukee, ...

The final story in NPR's week-long series "On the Road to Safety" focused on the nation's most dangerous roads -- rural highways extending beyond cities and suburbs. I reported in that story the clear ...

The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program has set up a hospital clash as states map out plans to support rural ...

There is increasing interest in engaging and activating patients in their own healthcare. To do so effectively in rural areas, a better understanding of the health beliefs in rural populations is ...