The Hechinger Report reports that rural families rely on Head Start for child care and education, facing uncertainty due to ...

Children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunshot as kids in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds. Not surprisingly, murders involving ...

A proposed pilot program designed to provide lunches to low-income children when school isn't in session will only be available to "rural," and not "urban" American children, according to a Politico ...

GoodRx reports urban residents face higher out-of-pocket prescription costs and access to newer drugs, while rural patients ...

Congress has implemented a number of policies over the past four decades to boost access to care for rural Americans, who tend to be older and sicker compared with their urban counterparts. The ...

The political scientist Suzanne Mettler examines the roots of America’s urban-rural divide and how Democrats can win back ...

A generic prescription medicine pill bottle in front of a row of other pill bottles. Where you live can shape your health and your prescription costs. Urban and rural communities differ not just in ...