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Being able to buy nutritious groceries is essential for your family’s health. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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SNAP benefits have been cut and disrupted – causing more kids to go without enough healthy food and harming child development

Staff Writer - November 14, 2025

Wheat infected by Fusarium, a toxic fungus, has kernels that appear white with orange at the base. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty Images

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What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?

Sharp spikes in calls for food assistance are rare outside of natural disasters. AP Photo/Eric Gay

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National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters

Nitrosamines are by-products of many common chemical reactions. FatCamera/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs

It may be possible to be too fit. Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images

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The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers, new research shows

Molds on foods produce a range of microbial toxins and biochemical byproducts that can be harmful. JulieAlexK/iStock via Getty Images

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Why you can salvage moldy cheese but never spoiled meat −...

Staff Writer - October 28, 2025

Pumpkin patch excursions have become a fall staple in many U.S. households. Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Pumpkins’ journey from ancient food staple to spicy fall obsession spans...

Staff Writer - October 27, 2025

If consumed in high doses, lead and other heavy metals have serious, well-documented health risks. whitebalance.space/E+ via Getty Images

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Protein powders and shakes contain high amounts of lead, new report...

Staff Writer - October 18, 2025

Many fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. istetiana/Moment via Getty Images

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Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but...

Staff Writer - October 17, 2025

A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images

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How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

Staff Writer - September 26, 2025

Colorado’s $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver

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How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope

Staff Writer - September 24, 2025

The beans that created this cup of coffee had a long journey. Guido Mieth/Moment via Getty Images

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How Europe’s deforestation law could change the global coffee trade

Staff Writer - September 2, 2025

More than 9 in 10 women take at least one medication during pregnancy, yet data on prescription drugs’ effects on the fetus are sparse. Adam Hester/Tetra images via Getty Images

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Pregnant women face tough choices about medication use due to lack...

Staff Writer - August 30, 2025

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Coal-fired power plants emit both smoke and steam. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images

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Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while...

Staff Writer - October 24, 2025

Ruohao Zhang, Penn State; Huan Li, North Carolina A&T State University, and Neha Khanna, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Harlan’s ground sloth fossil skeleton excavated and displayed at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Larisa DeSantis

Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the...

October 22, 2025

Demonstrators in Portland, Ore., protest on Oct. 4, 2025, against President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard to the city. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Trump’s National Guard deployments reignite 200-year-old legal debate over state vs....

October 21, 2025

If consumed in high doses, lead and other heavy metals have serious, well-documented health risks. whitebalance.space/E+ via Getty Images

Protein powders and shakes contain high amounts of lead, new report...

October 18, 2025

Many fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. istetiana/Moment via Getty Images

Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but...

October 17, 2025