Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

Children raised in rural environments who spend a lot of time outdoors with some exposure to animals grow to have better regulated immune systems than children living in urban environments, a new ...

Ready for the country: Nebraska farmers turned this 80-acre cornfield into a work of crop art to show their support for the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 campaign. (Tom Simmons / Spectral Q for Bold ...

Nov. 20 is National Rural Health Day™, an opportunity to bring attention to and honor the efforts of rural healthcare providers, communities and others dedicated to addressing the unique healthcare ...

When the term “rural” is heard, most people automatically think of green pastures, rolling hills and farms, a setting that’s far removed from urban landscapes and densely populated cities, a setting ...

Health care systems throughout the nation are in a make-or-break moment as they combat soaring costs of labor, drugs and supplies against Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements that are not keeping pace ...

I like small towns. I grew up in the Hudson Valley of New York state, just beyond the reach of the commuter trains to Manhattan; spent 15 years in rural Colorado, living in a town with no traffic ...