As U.S. home prices reach historic highs and proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) are underway, the health of low-income rural residents is becoming a cause for concern. Meeting ...

Awards include nonprofit grants and recognitions of individuals offering community-based oral health and diabetes programs ...

JD Vance is the U.S. vice president and author of the bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” Read about his mother, wife Usha, ...

As U.S. home prices reach historic highs and proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) are underway, the ...

People pronounce the word "Appalachia" differently, and much of that contrast depends on where they live. But no matter how ...

LATCH-uh” or “App-uh-LAY-shuh”? If you ask someone from Southwest Virginia, you’ll probably hear “App-uh-LAY-shuh.” Now, a ...

Severe flooding may contribute to higher mortality rates from opioid use in rural Appalachia, according to a study by researchers at Penn State.

Severe flooding may contribute to higher mortality rates from opioid use in rural Appalachia, according to a study by ...

Stacker used data from the Census Bureau's 2024 1-year American Community Survey to rank the poorest states by median ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s second most unequal region after Latin America, with deep-seated structural sources of inequality not only limiting poverty reduction, but growth itself. The report, ...