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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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Scientists are starting to uncover how neighborhood can affect the biology of cancer

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Places lacking grocery stores with fresh food could mean worse nutrition for locals. Epidemiologists studying this link they see in the data have focused on so-called social determinants of health — poor access to transportation, for example, could make it harder for residents to see a doctor.

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STAT+: Q&A: FDA chief on why our hearts are less healthy, how obesity drugs impress him, and what worries him

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In a recent conversation with STAT, though, he invoked his role as a grandfather, challenged in a grocery store checkout line to resist the ultra-processed foods marketed to American children and adults.    “What do they have right as you’re trying to check out? All of the junk food,” he said.

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Opinion: Cost-effectiveness of health interventions may be perpetuating health disparities. Here’s how to fix that

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The neighborhood often fails to secure new investments required to maintain health clinics or develop mixed-income housing or grocery stores due, in part, to cost-effectiveness analyses that show investment in the community won’t drive returns. Read the rest…

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Opinion: Small changes in food ‘choice environments’ in stores can make a healthy difference

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Grocery stores, convenience stores, and other food retailers are built to promote sales of cheap, energy-dense, nutrient-poor food and beverages. The food industry knows this about me — and you. While these marketing practices target all shoppers, they have the largest effect on low-income shoppers.