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Ultra-processed food consumption is down a bit, but still more than 50% of U.S. diet

Yuki Noguchi

Americans get about 55% of our calories from tasty, cheap — and unhealthy — manufactured foods, the latest data from CDC says. For kids, the percentage is even higher.

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Politics

Rosalynn Carter, transformative former first lady and mental health advocate, dies

Chloee Weiner

The wife of former President Jimmy Carter was 96 years old. She spent decades as a prominent advocate for mental health and professionalized the role of first lady.
Health

One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

Brian Mann

Louise Vincent has used drugs since she was 13. Research shows millions of Americans like her aren't ready or able to stop. Vincent believes it's time people accept that.
Arts & Culture

Africa's flourishing art scene is a smash hit at Art X

Emmanuel Akinwotu

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.
Health

Autoimmune disease patients hit hurdles in diagnosis, costs and care

Andy Miller

Despite the prevalence of autoimmune conditions, like the thyroid disease Hashimoto's, finding help can prove frustrating and expensive. Patients may rack up big bills as they search for a diagnosis.
Health

Sen. Sanders pushes NIH to rein in drug prices

Sydney Lupkin

The National Institutes of Health has been reluctant to use its leverage as a biomedical research funder to influence drug pricing. Sen. Bernie Sanders is pressing NIH's new director to take action.
Health

Unlike chimps, bonobos offer hope that maybe we can all get along

Ari Daniel

Chimps are notorious for hostility toward chimps from another group. Is that part of the human makeup as well? A new study of bonobos, our other closest relative, offers a more cooperative vision.
Health

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

Fran Kritz

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.
Health

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on abortion

Danielle Kurtzleben

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans have struggled with messaging on the issue. GOP presidential hopefuls are trying to strike a balance on the campaign trail.
Health

For kids in crisis, it's getting harder to find long-term residential treatment

Aaron Bolton, MTPR

A Montana treatment center is one of two places in the U.S. offering long-term residential behavioral treatment for kids as young as 4. Now, administrators say it might have to close.
Health

As hospitals close labor wards, large stretches of California are without maternity care

Kristen Hwang, Ana B. Ibarra and Erica Yee

As maternal mortality rates are steadily worsening across California, a CalMatters analysis finds that maternity wards are closing at an alarming rate.