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Today’s food environment is saturated with ultra-processed food that is particularly harmful to some children. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment RF/Getty Images Back when Kerri Boutelle‘s children were younger, she remembers watching how kids would eat ice cream cones. She noticed a big difference between some siblings. “One child would eat half of …

Tom Lehrer cutting a cake backstage at the Palace Theatre in London in 1959. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Getty Images Tom Lehrer cutting a cake backstage at the Palace Theatre in London in 1959. Evening Standard/Getty Images Tom Lehrer, a popular musical satirist who rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s before returning to a …

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a news conference at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 14. Top medical groups are alarmed by a report that Kennedy may remove another advisory panel. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary …

Obstetricians and psychiatrists are concerned about a recent FDA panel spreading misinformation about the potential harms of using SSRIs during pregnancy and postpartum. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Should pregnant women and new mothers take antidepressants? A recent Food and Drug Administration panel raised questions about the safety of these drugs. An estimated 6% to 8% of pregnant women take antidepressants known …

Stephen Colbert during The Late Show on Monday, July 21. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS hide caption toggle caption Scott Kowalchyk/CBS It was the week that comedy hit back. Hard. Here’s what I mean: When federal regulators on Thursday approved entertainment conglomerate Paramount’s $8-billion merger with Skydance, media analysts like me began to wonder. The approval came about a week after Paramount-owned CBS …

Silver medalist team United States pose after the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP USA Swimming team members are recovering from acute gastroenteritis as they compete in the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, a spokesperson for the team told NPR on Sunday. The team’s medical …

Venezuelan migrants accused by the U.S. of belonging to the Tren de Aragua criminal gang are seen being transferred from the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador before being repatriated to Caracas on July 18, 2025 in La Paz, El Salvador. El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption El Salvador Press Presidency Office/Anadolu via …

President Trump holds up a report outlining foreign trade barriers while announcing steep tariffs on April 2. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images From businesses to Americans across the country, everybody seems worried that the economy will be hit badly if the massive tariffs threatened by President Trump go into effect this week on Aug. 1. …

Law enforcement officers are seen stationed outside a Walmart where 11 people were stabbed in a violent attack Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Traverse City, Mich. Ryan Sun/AP hide caption toggle caption Ryan Sun/AP TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday — with six in critical condition — in what a …

A man seen through the windshield of a moving vehicle holds up a sign reading: “This is not a paedophile island. You are not welcome here,” as the motorcade of President Trump arrives at the golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Friday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP EDINBURGH, Scotland — As President Trump kicked off a weekend …