The percentage of rural Americans without health insurance has been rising since 2005. But the differences from one rural county to another in the rate of uninsured can be enormous.

An influx of new workers, lots more massive machines, and hot competition for employees have rural hospitals scrambling in the North Dakota oil patch.

Minnesota's legislature has put in place a model for medical training that has improved rural health outcomes AND boosted rural economies. Why aren't federal health administrators taking note -- and taking action?

American women were living 1.7 years longer in 2009 than they were in 1999. But that increase was realized in only a handful of rural and exurban counties.