Those living in Appalachia have long been accustomed to the idea there are greater risks to our health here than in many other regions. New research from the American College of Surgeons confirms that ...

In the hunt to understand why some people get certain types of cancer and then have different outcomes, biomedical researchers look at genetic profiles and variables like age, gender, race, and other ...

The daughter of a doctor who immigrated from India in 1969, her parents first lived in Queens, New York, where her father did his residency, then they moved to West Virginia when her father was hired ...

Lori Helfrich and Emily Whitaker of Hazard, Ky., are seen in this undated photo. (Credit: Don Clemmer/Cross Roads via CNS.) Listen HAZARD, Kentucky — Quilting used to be a big deal across Perry County ...

During the presidential race, the stereotype of Appalachia once again reared its ugly head. The national media could not resist taking yet another potshot at the last place they can slander without ...

Pavlo Rybaruk earned a master's degree in Appalachian Studies. He used his knowledge in fighting to help people in his ...

New research published in JAMA Pediatrics found more than 7 percent of youth living in a rural region in Appalachia report a gender identity that does not fully align with the sex they were assigned ...

Kilgore is an attorney in St. Paul and is involved in conservation, education and health care issues in the Virginia coalfields. During the presidential race, the stereotype of Appalachia once again ...

As of Tuesday night, every state in the U.S. has at least one positive case of the novel coronavirus. In Appalachia, health care providers are growing increasingly concerned about the capacity of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Living Carbon, a public benefit company transforming degraded and underutilized land into high quality environmental assets, announced today that ...