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What’s the healthiest way to prepare vegetables? The way that makes you eat them.
In Carlene Thomas’ experience, two types of people ask her advice as a dietitian about the healthiest way to prepare vegetables. Those looking to improve their diet are curious about how different cooking methods affect nutritional content. Others wonder how best to work more...

Health groups prepare for the unthinkable: Working with RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the nation’s top health official, his administration inherited a sprawling list of ideas to “Make America Healthy Again,” from banning TV drug advertisements to dropping restrictions on raw milk. ...

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns
Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women, the chief of a top aid agency warned Sunday. Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said women and girls were bearing the brunt of dwindling financial support for...

Proposed rules would require nutrition info, allergen warnings on alcohol labels
Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens, under two new rules proposed Thursday by the Treasury Department. The department's Alcohol...

Takeaways from AP's report on social safety nets in states that ban abortion
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — States with restrictive abortion laws generally have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children, according to recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press. Tennessee is an example of how this plays out. Tennessee residents of...
