The city of Hastings, MN is suing Minnesota based company 3M for allegedly releasing PFAS chemicals into a least five groundwater and municipal wells.

In 14 states, the closure of a rural hospital or it’s maternity ward would force Medicaid patients to travel more than an hour for inpatient obstetric care.

Recent reports show that every Congressional District in upstate and Western New York is home to at least one food desert.

The 340B program was designed to help safety-net hospitals serve vulnerable patients with drug discounts, but it’s not always working as intended.

Veolia, Delaware’s drinking water supplier is suing nine companies for failing to prevent toxic PFAS chemicals from contaminating drinking water.

Twelve small, rural hospitals in Tennessee are at immediate risk for closure.

The Franklin Food Pantry in Massachusetts released its impact report for FY2026, revealing an increase in demand for food assistance in the community.

In 2025, the size of 340B profits increased 23%, fueling calls for program reform and increased transparency.

Communities across the country are responding to lead contamination in drinking water, however, California’s new inventory shows that there are no lead service lines left in the state.

Across rural communities, maternity wards are closing, leaving expectant mothers without nearby facilities to receive care.

Tropical Storm Helene has turned some North Carolina communities into food deserts, but community organizations are stepping in to fill that void.

Exploitation in the 340B program is raising insurance premiums for small businesses, forcing many to cut their health insurance benefits.

Elevated lead levels have been found in the drinking water of some homes in a Chicago suburb.

The Rural Health Transformation Program was designed as a $50 billion safety net to improve rural health access, but Medicaid cuts are causing states to encourage hospitals to downsize instead of preserving this care.

In Rhode Island, a city of 45,000 people has only one full-scale grocery store; lawmakers are fighting against the deed restrictions that keep grocery stores out of the city.

New 340B data out of Minnesota shows a growing gap between the program’s size and the benefits patients are receiving.

A new study uses 40 years of data to trace fluctuating PFAS levels across the Great Lakes and the species that live in the region.

Maternity ward closures in Texas are leaving mothers behind, making lifesaving care harder to access.

A new grocery store in Milwaukee seeks to address the food-access crisis plaguing the city’s north-side.

Last week, Eli Lilly, a large pharmaceutical company that works with covered entities in the 340B program began withholding 340B discounts from hospitals that don’t submit internal data claims.