Thursday, November 5, 2026
Aerial view of the domed Missouri State Capitol beside the Missouri River.

Missouri voters reject effort to ban abortion in the state

The ballot measure's failure offers a rebuke to efforts by Missouri’s Republican leaders, who largely oppose abortion.
A worker in a safety vest fills a bottle with a water sample.

Study: U.S. tap water PFAS may average twice official figures

Modeling 1.86 million EPA data points raised the average for six regulated PFAS from 2.6 to 5.2 nanograms per liter.
Patients standing in line at a clinic.

A Few Miles From the US Capitol, Dozens Slept in Their Cars, Waiting for...

If you’ve heard about how people are struggling with affording healthcare but haven’t been touched by it or seen it, then this pop-up clinic just outside Washington, D.C., put the problem on full display.
The gold-domed Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta

Georgia Helped Inspire the Medicaid Work Rules. Its Own Rules Could Soon End.

For years, Georgia was the only state to require some Medicaid enrollees to work to obtain and keep coverage. Those rules could expire just as the federal Medicaid work requirements they helped inspire roll out across most of the country.
A ballot drop box outside a building

Your state’s next attorney general could help determine abortion access

Thirty states are electing their top lawyers this year. They play a key role defending — or eroding — reproductive healthcare access.
Union supporters hold signs at a rally.

NLRB accuses Rogers Behavioral Health of firing 6 over union drive

The complaint covers three clinicians fired in February and three in April; the NLRB certified the union on Oct. 19 and a hearing is set for December.
Concrete headquarters building of the Department of Health and Human Services with a sign in the foreground

Top U.S. Health Official Backed a Medication Policy Shift That Benefited a Company She...

Alicia Jackson endorsed a key FDA policy change on hormone replacement therapies while holding at least $115,000 in stock in a company providing access to menopause treatments. Ethics experts called her endorsement an “obvious conflict of interest.
A pharmacist in a white coat fills a prescription at a pharmacy counter.

Medicare Drug Plans Are Hiking Premiums While Trump Claims Victory on Medicine Prices

Stand-alone Medicare drug plan premiums are rising in 2027 even as the administration touts lower drug prices.
The storefront of a neighborhood drugstore.

Private equity is buying up more methadone clinics – access to the lifesaving drug...

Despite acquiring more than one-third of US methadone clinics, private equity has not significantly expanded methadone availability.

Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors

KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year