The story of healthcare in Alaska told through the tales of 5 residents
Jun 7, 2024
Despite all the challenges inherent to living in Alaska, particularly those related to healthcare, the positives make it overwhelmingly worth it for most residents.
Rural Health Series
Statistics show that Americans who live in rural areas have a shorter life span and more illnesses than people in urban settings. American Heart Association News visited five states to better understand the situations and the solutions that are unique to each locale.
Challenges of caring for Alaskans: Fewer people, across more miles, often in cold, dark
Jun 3, 2024
While healthcare in rural America is a challenge everywhere, many of the challenges are more extreme in Alaska.
Healthcare, housing still a challenge after flooding devastated eastern Kentucky community
May 31, 2024
The mountainous and largely rural areas of eastern Kentucky remain on the road to recovery after historic and deadly flooding in 2022.
State and local efforts aim to ease access to heart care in rural Kentucky
May 29, 2024
In a state where mountains and winding roads can make getting emergency services and healthcare hard, Kentuckians turn to technology and new training for help.
They're not doctors. But they're on the front lines against West Virginia's health struggles.
May 23, 2024
West Virginia has some of the highest rates of chronic illness in the nation, with doctors and hospitals few and far between. Community health workers fill that gap.
A family affair: Breaking the generational cycle of heart disease in West Virginia
May 21, 2024
Statistically, West Virginia is among the least-healthy states in the nation. Breaking that stranglehold requires a massive cultural shift. Families in the rural town of Rainelle are trying to do just that.
To save their soil, Kansas tribe shifts to regenerative agriculture – and transforms their farms
May 16, 2024
As the Ioway move away from conventional monocropping, their Kansas reservation has become an example of farming without herbicides and pesticides.
Through tradition and trade, tribe in rural Kansas works to reclaim its food sovereignty
May 13, 2024
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska aims to improve healthy food access, reopen trade routes, care for the environment – and change the way farming works.
Time, distance and staffing pose challenges to healthcare in rural North Dakota
May 9, 2024
North Dakota turns to telemedicine and community education to cope with heart and healthcare challenges in rural areas.