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. 

A proposed Constitutional Amendment would make lead-line replacement easier in Louisiana.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Health Committee heard testimony in early June on a bill that would cut the middlemen out of pharmaceuticals.

MaineHealth is considering closing a labor and delivery ward at Lincoln Hospital due to declining birth rates, staffing shortages, and difficulty recruiting a permanent OB/GYN.

A recent pesticide analysis finds “forever chemicals” in about half of California’s drinking water sources.

This week, a Washington judge struck down a challenge from pharmaceutical companies on a 340B regulation bill.

A new study reveals how fast-food restaurants dominate US neighborhoods, especially those outside urban centers.

The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) was designed to help rural hospitals after the Medicaid cuts implemented earlier this year, but it’s failing to actually sustain rural healthcare.

Garbage incinerators are being pushed as a solution to the indestructible nature of PFAS water but are largely failing to mitigate risks of PFAS exposure.

Lawmakers are advocating for action from healthcare officials after another hospital closure in New Jersey.