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Himachal Pradesh Congress lauds the 2026-27 budget for its focus on rural development and inclusivity despite financial hurdles. The budget stresses agriculture, basic amenities, and job creation, ...

The concept of smart villages encapsulates a holistic approach to rural development by harnessing digitalisation, innovative technologies and community engagement to overcome longstanding challenges ...

We also have new opportunities to collaborate with our governors’ workforce development boards to expand and build middle-skills pathways eligible for short-term Workforce Pell grants. As the primary ...

Typically, hospitals in rural areas are much smaller than the ones we see in big cities. Regardless of their size, rural healthcare plays a significant role in keeping the communities healthy and ...

A recent study led by alumna Jodee A. Prudente, Ph.D., BCBA-D, principal at Marvin Picollo School, and MaryAnn Demchak, Ph.D., BCBA-D, professor of special education at the University of Nevada, Reno, ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

The Upper Valley Medical Center closed its labor and delivery unit earlier this year. Its one of six maternity wards in rural Ohio to close in the last two years. Access to healthcare in rural Ohio is ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) now covers more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries. In rural areas, enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries in MA has surged from 11 percent in 2010 to 40 percent in 2023.

Hospitals and healthcare providers in rural areas are faced with a number of challenges when it comes to measuring quality performance and optimizing quality improvement efforts, according to a report ...

From scientific breakthroughs and emerging diseases to payment reform and new technologies, healthcare is always evolving. Hospitals across a variety of settings share many of the same challenges ...