How Does Food Safety Work, and What Cuts Has Trump Made? May 9, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek Recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration, including staff cuts at the Food and Drug Administration, have raised questions among...
FDA Suspends Food Safety Quality Checks After Staff Cuts April 21, 2025 By Leah Douglas The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of...
US House Democrats Open Investigation Into Kennedy Bird Flu Response April 2, 2025 By Leah Douglas Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
US Will Spend Up to $1 Billion to Combat Bird Flu, USDA Says February 27, 2025 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports...
Earthquakes and Blowouts Undermine Case for Carbon Storage in Texas January 7, 2025 By Valerie Volcovici and Leah Douglas Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the...
US Issues Order Mandating Bird Flu Testing of Milk Supply December 9, 2024 By Leah Douglas The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture...
Environmental Group Sues Tyson Foods for Alleged False Climate Claims September 19, 2024 By Leah Douglas An environmental group is suing Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050...
US Undercounts Bird Flu in Cattle as Farmers Shun Testing August 15, 2024 By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers’ reluctance to test...
Colorado Workers with Bird Flu Toiled in Heat, Without Effective Protective Gear August 5, 2024 By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen Colorado workers who contracted bird flu were working during extreme heat and under large fans, factors that made wearing protective...
Chicken Culling, Disposal Raise Concern as Bird Flu Spreads July 19, 2024 By Leah Douglas The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts’ concerns that the process of...