In 2014, money woes forced the closing of the maternity ward at Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis, west of Montgomery ...

Rural residents were less likely to wear masks to protect against Covid infection. But the inability or unwillingness to get ...

Civil legal aid is a major issue across the state, as in many parts of the country — but especially in the handful of ...

child poverty and unemployment rates. Data included in the report also demonstrates a disparity in healthcare access between rural Alabama and the rest of the state. “More children have health ...

The Rural Medical Scholars Program was founded in 1996 to address the shortage of primary care physicians in Alabama’s rural communities. The program works to recruit and assist rural Alabama college ...