Ali Rogers wishes she could serve everyone who needs help in her rural community in northeast Alabama, but she doesn’t have ...

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Rural hospitals across Alabama are grappling with severe financial challenges, with many at risk of closing, which could ...

The Alabama Legislature on April 29 gave final approval to the state’s two budgets for the 2026 fiscal year, but not without ...

A new bill aimed at improving healthcare access for pregnant women in Alabama is now on Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk, and doctors across the state are calling it a critical step forward. The legislation, ...

The West Alabama Women’s Center has become an unlikely safety-net provider. Its staff is braced for looming cuts to Medicaid ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South attempt to stem high ...

In the gray language of the federal bureaucracy, the funding that mattered most was from the Teaching Health Centers Graduate ...

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