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With Mental Health Awareness Month in May coinciding with the spring planting season, the Illinois Department of Agriculture is highlighting an initiative aimed at helping farmers cope with stress…

Rural hospitals are the lifeblood of their communities — providing jobs and economic impact, keeping people healthy mentally and physically — but they’ve had a tough time of it: staffing shortages, supply chain interruptions, the loss…

University of Rochester gathers innovators to evaluate barriers to substance use disorder care. Stemming the tide of the opioid crisis in rural communities requires taking action to overcome the stigma and health inequity that have…

Hundreds of urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, but it’s not because people are leaving.It’s just that the U.S. Census Bureau is changing the definition of an urban area. Under the new criteria, more than 1,300 small cities,…

By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Eight women — three OB-GYNs, three nurse midwives, one gynecologist and one nurse practitioner — comprise the maternity unit at Mission Hospital McDowell. In the 18-county region that makes up…

Explore full-page version of the map The rate of new Covid-19 infections climbed by more than 50% in the past two weeks, but the overall number of new infections remains nearly as low as it was last summer before the start of…

Officially, the U.S. will almost certainly reach an awful milestone in the next two weeks: its one millionth recorded Covid-19 death. In reality, this milestone was likely unofficially crossed days or weeks ago, and we’ll never know…

RAY COUNTY, Mo. — A dangerous drug called fentanyl is gripping places with the fewest resources. The KSHB 41 I-Team continues investigating the fentanyl crisis by focusing on rural communities.In the last year, Ray County, Missouri,…

Explore full-page version of the map The number of new Covid-19 infections in rural America has climbed for a fourth consecutive week but remains at its lowest level since the summer 2021, according to a Daily Yonder analysis.…

Center of Excellence Will Improve Staff Training on Residents’ Mental Health Needs The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing a funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a…