This initiative is funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Rural Health Transformation Program.

Gov. Reynolds and state health leaders have launched the Health Care Professional Incentive Program, an $8 million initiative aimed at recruiting and retaining medical providers in underserved areas.

The program offers financial awards to eligible professionals who commit to working in underserved counties for up to five ...

Totaling more than $77 million, the programs were selected as part of Iowa's Healthy Hometowns Rural Health Transformation Plan ...

A community college bus carrying the school's baseball team crashed and overturned in a ditch in rural Iowa on Wednesday, authorities said, killing one person and injuring all the other 32 occupants.

Republicans' refusal to maintain adequate support of education has negative consequences for all our futures, writes Fred Maharry.

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to award more than $78.6 million in federal funds to transform rural health care.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Obstetrician and gynecologist Taylar Swartz uses an ultrasound scanner to check the health of Addie Comegys’ baby on May 30.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa Small Town Poll, an Iowa State University survey that gauges quality of life in rural Iowa, will soon hit mailboxes in communities across the state. And the poll’s organizers ...

Most Sunday mornings, Marcia Barker walks out of her house just before 8 a.m. and meets her friend in the middle of the road. Together, they walk across the quiet main street to church. The retired ...