In the rural US, youth who drink heavily are 43% more likely to carry a handgun in the following year, research finds.

Despite the presence of vaccines, excess deaths in year two of the COVID pandemic actually increased in rural areas, research finds.

A new study clarifies the factors that influence moms, particularly those in rural areas, when deciding about breastfeeding.

Inflation hit rural household budgets harder throughout much of 2022, but the rural-urban gap evened out by the end of the year, a report shows.

To understand what makes a location good for aging in place, researchers compared small towns in Iowa.

More Americans are buying groceries at dollar stores, which often means getting food that's low in nutrition and high in calories.

When rural hospitals close, bystander emergency rooms elsewhere see an increase in visits, new research finds.

People living in rural US are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quit, according to a new study looking at data from 2010 to 2020.

Training "village doctors" to help patients manage high blood pressure helped people in hard-to-reach rural areas in China lower their blood pressure.

Knowing why and when youth in rural areas carry guns could help prevent firearm violence and injury, researchers say.