Kirk Siegler

A jury as ordered Ammon Bundy and an associate to pay more than $50 million in damages to Idaho’s largest hospital after armed protests last year led to a security lockdown.

The antigovernment militant is scheduled to appear in a Boise, Idaho, court Monday on charges stemming from a tense protest that led to the lockdown of one of the state’s large hospitals.

The pandemic brought many small town health clinics to the brink. But health care providers say the crisis also led to more awareness of the health disparities that have long existed in rural America.

In one of the poorest rural regions of the country’s poorest state, a Black entreprenuer is helping Black owned businesses open and thrive even during the pandemic.

In some parts of the U.S., the biggest challenge surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t distribution, but convincing people to get it, as anti-science groups are spreading misinformation.

The coronavirus has exposed disparities in healthcare among people of color, and tribal communities are among the hardest hit. Montana is trying to change that with free mass testing.

There’s still a serious shortage of testing for COVID-19 across the country. Many people who are sick and showing likely symptoms say they still can’t get tested.

There was already a shortage of medical personnel in rural America before the coronavirus. Medical staffing firms are now trying to send health workers to underserved small towns.

Small-town hospitals are under-equipped to deal with the coronavirus, and administrators warn it’s a misperception that people in isolated rural areas are safer from exposure.

A new generation of family physicians wants a work-life balance. But practicing in a small town is a 24/7 job, which is worsening the ongoing doctor shortage in rural America.