Public perception often associates the health-care safety net used by more than 1 in 5 Americans with the urban poor. But rural children and non-elderly adults are more likely to rely on Medicaid ...

The funding will establish a new Rural Mental Health Research Unit and pay for a five-year programme and three new posts to look at inequalities across the two counties.

In some rural areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the late 1950s, and hospitals are shuttering labor and delivery units, leaving mothers little access to care when they need it.

East Texas Community Health Services is rolling out a mobile health services program with their mobile health unit. CEO Anita Humphreys said they’ve had the truck for six years and typically use ...

For a struggling rural hospital, closing the labor and delivery unit may be an alternative to closing the entire hospital. That’s in part because labor and delivery units can be costly to operate.

COLUMBIA — When it comes to health care for rural mothers and babies, South Carolina has a failing grade. The state has had an F from March of Dimes — the lowest rating — for infant and ...

It is a thirty-four-foot heated and air-conditioned trailer that will provide 3D mammography technology to rural communities. MU Health Care launched their mobile mammography services in 1992 and ...

A rural mental health and suicide prevention charity's helpline has made a "huge impact" after running for a year. The You Are Not Alone project, now known as 'YANA', provides mental health ...

Mothers’ Mental Health: New research involving nearly 200,000 mothers found that one in 12 rated her mental health as fair or poor, a significant decline from 2016 to 2023. An Infertility Crisis?: ...

The University of Worcester has been awarded more than £2m to carry out research into mental health provision in rural areas of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The funding will establish a new ...

East Texas Community Health Services is rolling out a mobile health services program with their mobile health unit. CEO Anita Humphreys said they’ve had the truck for six years and typically use ...