Nutrition & Health

"In 2020, malaria deaths increased by 12 percent compared with 2019. The increases in malaria cases are deaths were associated with disruption to services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filipa Rijo-Ferreira, a UC Berkeley School of Public Health (BPH) assistant professor who specializes in parasitology and circadian rhythms, will present a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct.

At the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health convened since 1969, President Biden announced on Sept. 28 a national strategy to end hunger in America and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 so fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases.

A new study from the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H.

Miranda Westfall joined the Nutrition Policy Institute on October 3, 2022 as the Director of the CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit. She will be mentored by Gail Woodward-Lopez, Principal Investigator of the unit.

A new research brief from Nutrition Policy Institute and PHFE-WIC researchers shows that WIC participants prefer an increase in the WIC cash value benefit (CVB) to purchase fruits and vegetables.

A summer garden in the hot Owens Valley can produce oodles of Tomatoes, Eggplant, Peppers, Zucchini, Garlic, and Onions. Ratatouille is a classic French Provenal stew made from these exact fresh vegetables.

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources continued hiring county-based scientists at a rapid pace over the summer. With increased funding from Gov.

Like California, Maine is providing Universal School Meals statewide for the 2022-2023 school year.

Never be late for dinner or it might be all gone. Take the case of the Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola, that we planted last April for the monarchs. Monarchs seem to favor Tithonia more than any other nectar source in our pollinator garden.