Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends and feasting. However, amid the joy of gathering and indulging in delicious food, it is essential to keep food safety in mind. Foodborne…
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SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development
About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18. This food aid helps their families buy groceries…
Recent studies prove the ancient practice of nasal irrigation is effective at fighting the common cold
It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.…
What’s a ‘black box’ warning? A pharmacologist explains how these labels protect patients
A “black box” warning on a health product sounds pretty scary – maybe even more so when it’s suddenly being taken off the packaging. Americans were reminded of this type…
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of…
Community health centers provide care for 1 in 10 Americans, but funding cuts threaten their survival
Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 days on Nov. 12, 2025. This fight highlights a persistent…
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
In the wake of a measles outbreak in Canada that has infected thousands of people over the past year, an international health agency revoked the country’s measles-free status on Nov.…
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000 calls per day. But as the government…
FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs
A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because it contains elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals called nitrosamines.…
