The Rural Alabama Prevention Center welcomed supporters to its seventh annual Wellness Conference in Tuscaloosa. Attendees ...

According to March of Dimes, over a third of counties in Alabama are considered maternal care deserts and 28% of women have ...

The Alabama Forestry Commission announced the launch of its new Rural Bridge Grant initiative on Friday, aimed at improving infrastructure in rural areas and addressing the transportation challenges ...

The 4-mill increase passed by a 251-vote margin and will generate $1.8 million annually to address the $6 million debt facing ...

A vacant hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, AL, Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024 in Selma, Ala.Alabama hospitals say that Medicare's wage reimbursement index isn't keeping up with their needs. ...

Governor Kay Ivey signed Executive Order No. 741 to establish the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group on ...

Across the country, more than 100,000 people die each year from overdose. A more than $1.4 million grant was awarded to rural communities in Alabama to support key strategies to respond to the ...

WHITE HALL, Ala. — As Ruby Rudolph walks around to the back of her brick ranch house, there's a noticeable stench. "You smell that?" she asks. "I don't even come back here no more." On this breezy day ...

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