Wednesday, September 30, 2026
White cheddar cheese. File photo, not the recalled product. Photo: Jon Sullivan (public domain)

Raw milk cheese recalled after E. coli outbreak sickens 13 people in nine states

Eight people were hospitalized and three developed a serious kidney complication, and more than half of those sick are age 5 or younger, the CDC says.
An Environmental Protection Agency signing event in 2014. File photo. Photo: Environmental Protection Agency

EPA union sues over termination of contract that protected scientific integrity

AFGE Council 238 says the agency ended its 2024 agreement to stifle dissent, months after employees signed a letter against administration policies.
A small town in rural Iowa. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0

Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities

President Donald Trump has championed sprawling health policy changes under the Make America Healthy Again movement, but a KFF-Associated Press survey of rural voters found people aren’t seeing the initiatives reach their communities.
Shoppers' prices at a grocery store. File photo. Photo: vofuth / CC BY 2.0

Paychecks aren’t going as far. More Americans say they trust Democrats to help.

A 19th and YouGov poll finds more Americans say their paychecks are not going as far, and more say they trust Democrats to help.
The U.S. Capitol at night. Photo: Diliff (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.

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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses

While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
The U.S. Capitol at night. Photo: Diliff (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
Razor wire at a prison. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse

One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
An emergency room sign. Photo: Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.

A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Photo: Dctrzl / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths

Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.

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Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.
An Environmental Protection Agency signing event in 2014. File photo. Photo: Environmental Protection Agency
AFGE Council 238 says the agency ended its 2024 agreement to stifle dissent, months after employees signed a letter against administration policies.
Satellite view of a January 2016 winter storm over the eastern United States. Photo: NASA/LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response
Several factors make for high water levels, and they conspired to worsen the storm surge that flooded coastal areas from North Carolina to New York.