Rural Health

When physician Erik Martin left his home in southwest Missouri to help with New York’s COVID-19 outbreak in April, his county had fewer than 10...

For Dr. Sameer Vohra and his colleagues, a focus on improving the lives of people in southern and central Illinois has long been at the heart of their…

A study of more than 1,000 women in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa diagnosed with ovarian cancer showed those with the more lethal stage IV tended to come from…

ROLLA — If Missouri receives money from its lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, rural health care providers want to make sure they get some of those…

People in rural areas have more unnecessary hospital visits and are more likely to die from chronic conditions than people in cities because they have…

Doctoral students in psychology at the University of Missouri will be able to learn how to better treat and prevent addiction thanks to a $1.2 million…

ROLLA — A new study shows suicide rates are on the rise, especially in rural counties, and the Missouri Ozarks and the Bootheel have some of the highest…

Across the country, people who live in rural areas are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer than city dwellers, according to a new…

GRANITE CITY — A bill in Congress aims to bring more medical professionals to downstate Illinois and other rural and underserved areas across the…

Iron County is one of the state’s least healthy counties, according to the Missouri Health Atlas.So when Iron County Medical Center in Pilot Knob, about…