1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (588+ words) The primary target of Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration and similar lawsuits against mifepristone is to end a Biden-era policy allowing abortion pills to be prescribed without an in-person visit with a provider. Medication abortion has become the most common…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (431+ words) The daughter of a longtime Perryville primary care physician has returned home to practice in the same community, and the same office, as her father. Dr. Faith Grove began seeing patients on Aug. 24, almost exactly 36 years after her father, Dr....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (836+ words) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s office is airing a “women’s health PSA” warning patients about abortion clinics (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s office is airing a “women’s health PSA” warning patients about abortion clinics less than…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (431+ words) The Republican attorneys general of Florida and Texas filed a lawsuit against the FDA last December seeking to permanently revoke the agency’s initial approval of mifepristone from 2000, along with subsequent decisions over the years that eased access for patients. Florida…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (445+ words) LGBTQ+ pride flags. LGBTQ+ adults are more likely than other adults to miss healthcare appointments due to cost or other reasons, according to a new survey by health policy research group KFF. Among the 2,640 LGBTQ+ adults surveyed, those who are…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (596+ words) Nationwide, the median drive time between hospitals providing inpatient maternity care to Medicaid enrollees and the closest in-state alternative is 43 minutes for rural hospitals compared with 13 minutes for urban hospitals, the analysis found. The study by KFF, a healthcare research…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (652+ words) The number of private equity-involved healthcare deals has declined since last year, and the value of those deals in the first half of 2026 is lower than it was for the same time in 2025, according to a new report from Pitchbook,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1771+ words) Then he threatened a cashier and swiped a handful of cigarette lighters in Kansas City in 2021. Landing at the Clay County jail, Louis became angry and afraid, questioning why he was being held. To the detention officers, he just didn’t…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1742+ words) EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1562+ words) Brianna and Elijah Campo admire their son, Wesley, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at their home at Fort Leonard Wood, the Army base where Brianna is stationed (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent).When Brianna and Elijah Campo first learned how much it would…...