As of 2019, working-age adults in rural areas were 43% more likely to die from natural causes than their urban counterparts.

The key to cooling 'urban heat islands' may lie in the countryside, according to a new study, published in the journal Nature Cities, from scientists at the University of Surrey and Southeast ...

Rural Americans—particularly men—are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...

The effect of urbanization on temperature is relatively well-known: cities are often measurably warmer than their surrounding rural areas. This is called the urban heat island effect. What fewer ...

A new study finds that when AI models are asked to illustrate small, rural towns, the results are not always realistic.

Food pantries are seeing increased need, while landfills bulge with uneaten food. There are simple solutions we can enact now ...

A national study designed to help rural community members have a voice in shaping the future of healthcare will be held by ...

For decades, as the American economy tilted toward white-collar work, big urban counties thrived. Cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco boomed on the back of fast-growing service ...

With impending federal changes to Medicaid, workforce issues and the increasing cost of American healthcare, many rural ...

Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...