Trump's order to freeze federal loans and grants concerns farmers like Hugh and Jenny Lassen, who grow wild blueberries in ...

The Rural Energy for America Program, an initiative offered through the US Department of Agriculture that provides grants to ...

Rural Appalachian women face increased HIV risk due to opioid and polysubstance use, necessitating novel intervention delivery methods. Facebook was used as a platform for delivering HIV ...

Affrilachia: Testimonies,” by Chris Aluka Berry sets out to document the Black experience in Appalachia. The book is a ...

Fewer people than before are being diagnosed with and dying from cancer in Appalachia, but cancer incidence and death rates ...

Federally funded programs provided both women with a social safety net and employment in one of the nation’s poorest states, ...

Appalachia has a rich history and gorgeous landscapes, but it has also experienced rates of cancer incidence and death ...

Rural communities deserve access to quality care For rural communities, such as those within Appalachia, access to lab work, pregnancy, and specialty care often isn’t there. When Tennesseans and ...

Appalachia may be lagging behind the rest of ... Some longstanding issues include higher poverty rates, poorer access to care in rural communities and the aftereffects of coal mining and other ...

More:Ohio is investing $30 million into a rural, Appalachian hospital. Here's why State funding of that size for a hospital is unprecedented in Ohio, not just due to the amount, but to the state ...

It's due to the decline of coal jobs, the decline of rural economies and the horrific addiction epidemic across Appalachian Kentucky. This damaged pride manifested as shame, which provided fertile ...