Ilena Peng

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  • A dairy cow chewing grass in a fieldPolitics

    Trump tariffs threaten $8.2 billion American dairy exports

    By Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
  • The unrecognizable waitress serving coffee to a customer in a cafe. Serving food and Drink.Retail

    The return to office is benefiting the to-go coffee industry

    By Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
  • Chocolate Easter bunnies at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRetail

    Chocolate shortages: Swiss chocolate maker Lindt warns that poor harvests and high prices may lead to a global slowdown

    By Mumbi Gitau, Ilena Peng, and others
  • Health

    A little-known lung infection that can cause severe symptoms and has no approved vaccine is stealing the spotlight from COVID

    By Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
  • Michael Saucedo, age 9, showed his plate of chicken strips, chocolate milk, fruit cup, oranges and wheat bread, at Russell Cave Elementary School in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The chicken strips are fried before arriving at the school, then are reheated using a steam and convection oven. Debate in Washington over a controversial school lunch waiver has spread into the Bluegrass State, where proponents say the innocuous proposal helps rural schools, and which critics argue threatens years of work combating one of the nationÕs largest childhood obesity rates. The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on an appropriations bill that includes the waiver provision. (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Health

    Weight-loss surgery soars among adolescents as doctors take a more aggressive approach to treating obesity: ‘Why should we wait?’

    By Ilena Peng, Emma Court, and others
  • A man is seen smoking a cigarette in central London on June 9, 2022. – The age at which people can buy tobacco in England should rise by one each year until it becomes a “smoke-free” society, a government-commissioned review recommended Thursday. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    Cigarette smoking plunges to the lowest level in half a century as people pivot to vaping and healthier lifestyles

    By Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
  • LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 14: The view of downtown Los Angeles skyline is obscured by smoke, ash and smog as seen from the Griffith Observatory Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 in Los Angeles. Wildfires are choking Californias skies with smoke, littering cities with ash, creating dangerous levels in regional air quality and transforming the sun at times into an ominous red orb. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Health

    The higher the level of air pollution, the greater you’re at risk of dementia, Harvard researchers find

    By Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
  • Scientists examines DNA models in modern Neurological Research Laboratory.Tech

    The Silicon Valley Bank meltdown could be a disaster for downtrodden biotech startups

    By Angelica Peebles, Ilena Peng, and others