There’s never been enough doctors in rural Wyoming, where I live, but a shortage of obstetricians is now increasing the risks for pregnant women across the state — and the nation. In the last decade ...

In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border. For Shyanne McCoy, 23, that meant the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rural women, especially those without much education, are more likely to have their "tubes tied" in their 20s and early 30s than urban and suburban women, according to a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The push for President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is on standby due to the Senate parliamentarian saying a part of the bill is not up to code. And one Ark-La-Tex ...

The vacant Martin County General Hospital sits abandoned behind a chain since being closed since being closed in August of 2023. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker) New research has found that rural women are ...

Lauren Threlkeld knows what it means to live in a health care desert. She lives in rural Trinity County, more than an hour and a half north of Houston. When her 15-year-old daughter got hurt at a ...

KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Share your story idea with Ryan. After a 24-hour debate on Tuesday night, a ...