This cohort study assesses county-level changes in annual deaths from time-sensitive conditions after closures of rural hospitals in Texas from 2006 to 2019.

An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party—not despite this harm, but becaus...

Communication breakdowns, cultural differences and years of skepticism have an effect on how much Appalachians trust their healthcare providers. Some patients feel dismissed and disrespected, according to the authors of a new book on the subject. Others feel as if their doctors don’t understand where they’re coming from. Still others view healthcare providers as only wanting to make money off of their suffering.

Some pundits are pushing a strategic alliance with parts of RFK Jr.’s base. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Taylor Farms and other large produce corporations have long exerted political power to weaken food safety regulations.

Cornell researcher's team interviewed dozens of enrollees. They said H.R. 1 will create impossible burdens and reflect a double standard between how rich and poor are treated.

ALT: Office Fist Bump

The deaths of Harmony Ball-Stribling and her unborn daughter five years ago have galvanized local leaders determined to reopen a Mississippi Delta hospital. But once a rural community loses a hospital...

Rural and urban areas have diverged significantly in health care access and health outcomes over the last four decades.

Contaminated irrigation or processing water is more likely the source of the Cyclospora outbreak. There are many systemic failures, outlined here.

An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party—not despite this harm, but becaus...

Inspired by Rahman-Shepherd et al.’s satire on how (not) to organise a panel at a global health conference, here is how (not) to design the future of global health architecture, written by Nelson Agho...

International support matters when it aligns with strategies built alongside regional institutions and governments

Published during this pandemic, Paul Farmer’s new book, “Fevers, Feuds, And Diamonds,” is important, as it presents a critical dissection of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and the lessons we can l...

In the United States, property is wealth, and wealth is power. Racial wealth inequalities are (in part) the enduring result of this confluence. But today, as accelerating financialization transform...

States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.

Suzanne Mettler has combined five decades of county-level analysis to understand why rural and urban America are so divided—and how we can heal.

RFK Jr. pushes diet and exercise while millions of Americans face hunger, poverty, and worse.

Public health policy and practice are often described by means of a metaphor that depicts interventions as “upstream” efforts to prevent people from falling into a river, from which they must be rescu...

From Hardwick to Minneapolis then home again. A story about a song that’s doing good work.

A marginalized population, a highly contagious disease, no systemic vaccination safeguards — no wonder there’s measles in an ICE detention facility.

All donations support households unable to cover housing costs due to loss of income from ICE enforcement and fear of detention Families in our community are facing an immediate housing crisis. When p...

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A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation