This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, highlights the growing disparity in Florida’s climate insurance landscape. While much public attention is focused on rising premiums for ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton opened the 2025 legislative session with big plans for the state’s rural areas. “We’ve seen tremendous economic growth in urban areas of Florida,” he told ...

While wealthy coastal counties bear the brunt of landfalling storms, poor residents in inland counties are navigating an even ...

Firearms are the leading cause of death​ among children and teenagers in the United States, and new research found that ...

Efforts by Florida legislators are underway to tackle the state’s mental health crisis by expanding the role of psychologists in prescribing medication.

Public Health & Policy > Medicaid Across the South, Rural Healthcare Has Become 'Trendy.' Medicaid Expansion Has Not. — Ten states haven't fully expanded Medicaid coverage with federal money ...

Rural healthcare crisis: the decline of maternity services The alarming trend of rural hospitals closing their maternity wards is putting the health of countless mothers and babies at risk.

(READ MORE: Tennessee report finds access is key to rural health) State lawmakers nationwide are spending millions of dollars to address a rural health care crisis long in the making.

"Rural health is trendy," said Graham Adams, CEO of the South Carolina Office of Rural Health. State lawmakers nationwide are spending millions of dollars to address a rural healthcare crisis long ...