Rural communities transform from medical research's forgotten citizens to active contributors to scientific advancement ...

Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.

The University of Florida’s new HealthScreen program will use mobile health vehicles to send community health workers and ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

Some 66 million Americans live in rural areas, according to the 2020 Census, including about 9.1 percent of Florida’s residents, according to American Community Survey data. Florida has 22 open ...

Healthcare experts prepare for the fallout of more than $1 trillion in Medicaid after the passage of President Donald Trump's ...

The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform analyzed federal data and found that, as of January, 18 of the state’s rural hospitals no longer have obstetrics care.

According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, more than 100 rural hospitals closed from 2013 to 2020. In Florida, we have seen eight of our rural hospitals shutter, taking nearly 300 ...

A lack of affordable dental care across north central Florida leaves limited options for many, particularly those from low income families. For uninsured patients, ACORN is an low-cost alternative ...

Florida also had the highest average bills for those visits, ranging from $1,900 to $2,600 depending on the age of the child, the report said. Medicaid covered 80.6% of them. For children ages 14 ...

Florida senators on Thursday passed a sweeping package of changes meant to ease Florida’s health care worker shortage and provide people with more access to care. The overall package will cost ...