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During a roundtable live-streamed this week from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, CEOs from Dartmouth Health, Maine Health and The University of Vermont Health Network discussed the crisis facing the nation’s rural hospitals and health systems, from workforce shortages to inflation and payer and regulatory concerns.  

The virus tore at the bonds of solidarity in rural areas like Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. Many of the scars have yet to heal.

Officials hope that Gobi will make rural concerns more prominent at the state level.

Much needed rain fell on our farm a couple of weeks ago, bringing us out of the “extreme drought” category and back to “severe drought.”

Hear how the results of a community health needs assessment in Hardeman County, Tennessee, spurred local hospitals to tackle food insecurity with innovative new approaches.

A friend of mine is wrapping up not only the school year, but a quarter-century career as an ag teacher at a high school in a county with a population of 21,379.

A recent viral sensation identifies the migration of poor whites as the cause of the problem—letting the rest of us off the hook!

NORTHWOODS, Wis (WJFW) – Since 2018, the average cost of a home in Price County rose $50,000. The combination of rising home prices and minimal wage increases has made it

Nearly 1,200 health care leaders from rural hospitals, health systems and health clinics, as well as rural associations and community health organizations, will convene Feb. 19–22 in San Antonio for the AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference.