Mike Stobbe

AP Medical Writer

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September 1, 2025

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Former Exec of Mars Candy Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Stealing $28 Million

September 12, 2025

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Coca‑Cola Joins MIT AI Consortium

September 11, 2025

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Red Bull, Partners to Begin Building $1.5B North Carolina Hub

September 11, 2025

Tracking Ingredients, Processes, and Costs in Food Manufacturing

Tracking Ingredients, Processes, and Costs in Food Manufacturing

Few sectors are as dependent on traceability as the food industry. Here’s what traceability software can do for you.

September 1, 2025

Iodized salt shown in Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 2025.

Doctors Worry that Iodine Deficiency — a Dietary Problem from the Past — Is Coming Back

People are getting less iodine because of changes in diet and food manufacturing.

January 7, 2025

Colorized electron microscope image of avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow).

California Case Is First Confirmed Bird Flu Infection in U.S. Child

The child had mild symptoms and is recovering.

November 25, 2024

A 2005 electron microscope image of an avian influenza A H5N1 virion.

1st U.S. Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Potential Human Threat

Federal agriculture officials said there is no concern about the safety of the nation's pork supply.

October 31, 2024

A student drinks from a water fountain at an elementary school in California.

Fluoride in Drinking Water Merits EPA Action, Judge Says

The EPA has a requirement that water systems cannot have more than 4 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water.

September 26, 2024

Boar's Head label.

Boar's Head Recalls Liverwurst, Deli Meats Amid Listeria Outbreak

As of Thursday, 34 have been sickened.

July 26, 2024

Chickens in their cages at an Iowa farm, Nov. 2009.

Four New Bird Flu Cases Confirmed in Colorado Poultry Workers

The virus has also been confirmed in 152 dairy herds across 12 states.

July 15, 2024

A dead sea bird lays beside a dead sea lion on the beach at Punta Bermeja

Scientists Want to Know Why Bird Flu Is Lethal to Some Animals, but Not Others

Like other viruses, H5N1 has mutated over time.

June 18, 2024

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Man in Mexico Dies with Form of Bird Flu

But U.S. officials remain focused on another form.

June 7, 2024

Cows in the milking parlor of a dairy farm in New Vienna, Iowa, July 24, 2023.

Scientists Test Vaccines to Protect Cows, People Against Bird Flu

The USDA will soon begin giving a vaccine developed by University of Pennsylvania researchers to calves.

June 3, 2024

Dairy cattle at a farm near Vado, N.M., March 31, 2017.

Person Diagnosed with Bird Flu After Contact with Texas Cows

It marks the first known instance of a person catching this version of bird flu from a mammal.

April 2, 2024

Undated photo of a female Lone Star tick.

Meat Allergy Getting More Common, CDC Says

Alpha-gal syndrome is triggered by tick bites.

July 28, 2023

A patron sips a drink at a bar in New Jersey, Nov. 30, 2017.

Alcohol Death Toll Is Growing, Government Reports Say

The rate of deaths directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the pandemic.

November 4, 2022

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Listeria Outbreak Tied to 23 Illnesses, 1 Death

Federal health officials have not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria.

July 1, 2022

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US Drinking More Now Than Just Before Prohibition

Drinking in the US has been rising for two decades, and it’s not clear when it will fall again.

January 14, 2020