Hundreds of urban areas in the U.S. are becoming rural, but it's not because people are leaving. It's just that the U.S. Census Bureau is changing the definition of an urban area. Under the new ...

Cities worldwide face a growing challenge that affects millions of residents daily. Urban areas globally have become home to ...

There has been a long-standing gap between the earnings of rural and urban workers. In fact, the divide may be widening. In cities, people earn about 23% more than people in rural areas, according to ...

There’s a common perception that cities are dangerous places to live, plagued by crime and disease—and that small towns and the countryside are generally safer and healthier. But data tell a different ...

75% of urbanites have had at least one dose compared to 58% of rural residents. The gap in COVID-19 vaccination uptake between rural and urban Americans is continuing to widen, a federal report ...

Substance abuse, access to mental health care and costs remain a burden for people living in rural areas, even if they have private insurance. Substance abuse, access to mental health care and costs ...

Rural Americans are dying of Covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen as access to medical care shrinks for a population that ...