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Watch: What we know about traces of H5N1 bird flu found in pasteurized milk

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Genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus was  found in grocery store milk in the United States this week, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The In this video, STAT explains what is known about the safety of milk on grocery shelves.

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The Food is Medicine movement originators are trying to standardize medically tailored meals

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WASHINGTON — Food corporations, grocery stores, and even tech companies are claiming they are a part of the growing effort to use food to treat medical conditions. Now, the nonprofits that pioneered the work want to standardize it.

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Fresh produce access boosts health outcomes among diabetes patients and those on Medicaid in recent studies

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And because she lives in a neighborhood that is considered a food desert because it lacks nearby grocery stores, it can be a huge challenge to access healthy, affordable food. Shane Bailey, a 72-year-old longtime resident and U.S. Coast Guard veteran, is one of them.

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STAT+: A 50-year battle over one additive highlights FDA’s challenges with food safety

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Restaurants and grocery stores, like Panera, Whole Foods, and Kroger, have banned all foods with brominated vegetable oil as well. Pepsi and Coca Cola both pledged to stop using the ingredient, which can help keep soda flavoring from rising to the top of a bottle, nearly a decade ago. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill

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For the first time, people will now be able to readily purchase birth control online and at pharmacies, convenience stores, and grocery stores without a prescription, a requirement that has been seen as a hurdle to greater access to contraception.

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Opinion: Good health care price transparency rules are at risk if Congress doesn’t act

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Consider shopping for cereal in the grocery store. Buyers easily know how many grams of sugar and calories are in a serving, as well as how much the box costs, before they get to the checkout line. Yet in the U.S. health care market, this often isn’t the case. I’m an economics professor.

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Listen: ‘Food apartheid’ starves minority neighborhoods on Long Island

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nearly every Sunday, driving his van to Trader Joe’s and other grocery stores on Long Island in order to rescue food destined for the dumpster. James Boone wakes up at 6 a.m.