A recently released report from the health analytics and consulting firm Chartis concluded that half of rural hospitals lost money in the past year, up from 43% the previous year.
Misinformation coupled with a parental rights movement that shifts decision-making away from public health expertise has contributed to the lowest childhood vaccine rates in a decade.
For the first time on record, interest payments on those and other non-mortgage debts are as big a financial burden for U.S. households as mortgage interest payments.