In the U.S., 57% of rural hospitals do not provide labor and delivery services, according to a November report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Closing OB-GYN programs leaves ...

As Gov. Kim Reynolds signs her rural health care bill into law, she said it "tackles some of the most critical health care ...

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions has been awarded a grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to launch CIRCLE UP (Connecting Innovations in Rural Care, Learning, and Equity in ...

In Florida, 91% of rural hospitals do not have OB-GYN services, the highest percentage in the country. Over the past two years, more than 50 rural hospitals have ended their labor and delivery ...

We shouldn't have to live in an urban area to receive the highest level of evidence-based care,” says one healthcare worker ...

Washington State University’s College of Nursing is launching a new program to build up health care services in rural areas.

AgriSafe is celebrating National Nurses Month by offering full scholarships to rural nurses for its 23-hour ag health-focused Nurse Scholar program.

Despite those efforts, addressing rural maternal and infant health care hasn ... state to allocate funding to specially train doctors, nurses and first responders, Fritz said.

Maternity care is becoming out of reach for many in rural Kansas counties, where birth rates are higher than in urban areas, ...