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  • snapPolitics

    5 states to ban soda, candy, other snacks from SNAP recipients under MAHA food-stamp push

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • FILE – An EBT SNAP sign is shown on a self check out screen at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)Politics

    RFK Jr. push leads to 5 states restricting what you can buy with SNAP benefits: Experts warn it’s a ‘disaster waiting to happen’

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • FDARetail

    FDA accuses Walmart, Target, Kroger and Alberstons of botched botulism recalls as infants got sick

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • turkeyHealth

    Teaching yourself how to cook this Thanksgiving? Here’s some stuff you need in your kitchen

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Infant FormulaLaw

    ByHeart recalls every single bottle of baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak hospitalizes 15 and counting

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • President TrumpHealth

    ‘Do you take any of this stuff, Howard?’ Trump roasts his cabinet about their weight while announcing blockbuster Medicare Ozempic deal

    By The Associated Press, Tom Murphy, and others
  • Close up of man measuring waist with tape measureHealth

    U.S. obesity rates start falling for the first time in a decade as Ozempic effect shows hints of being permanent

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "The President's 2026 Health Care Agenda" at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025.Politics

    Hundreds of CDC ‘disease detectives’ fired—then reinstated—in mass layoffs tied to Trump shutdown

    By Ali Swenson, Jonel Aleccia, and others
  • Robert F. KennedyNorth America

    Walmart goes WalMAHA with plan to remove food dyes and 30 other ingredients from all store brans sold in the U.S.

    By Anne D'Innocenzio, Jonel Aleccia, and others
  • This undated photo released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, shows a product label for Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp.Law

    More radioactive shrimp recalled from Kroger stores

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • frozen shrimpLaw

    Walmart recalls potentially radioactive frozen shrimp sold in 13 states

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Robert F KennedyPolitics

    90% of America’s ice cream supply just bowed to RFK and agreed to cut artificial dyes from their products

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Children run on the lawn at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., on April 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)Health

    ‘Kids are the canaries in the coal mine’: Huge study finds worse childhood obesity, depression, all-around ill health

    By Laura Ungar, Jonel Aleccia, and others
  • RFK Jr. speaks into a microphoneHealth

    RFK Jr. has ordered the FDA to review baby formula. Here’s what you should know

    By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
  • Madeira Beach, FL, USA – May 29, 2024: Publix Super Market is an employee-owned American supermarket chain based out of Lakeland, FL with over 1400 locations.Lifestyle

    One of the country’s largest supermarket chains recalls baby food sold in 8 states because of elevated levels of lead, health officials say

    By The Associated Press and Jonel Aleccia