Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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EXPLAINER: Here's how locks and dams on the Mississippi River work, and why they exist
Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure
EXPLAINER: 10 key facts about the mighty Mississippi River, one of the nation’s most important waterways
The Mississippi River flows through 2,350 miles of America's heartland to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides
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Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems
Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of
Mississippi River and its mayors step onto international climate stage at COP28
Four Mississippi River mayors spent last week in Dubai at the United Nations’ annual climate change conference, where they met
Meet the newsrooms joining the Ag & Water Desk
11 newsrooms will host new Ag & Water Desk journalists through Report for America
Eleven local newsrooms selected by Report for America to grow Ag & Water Desk footprint
These outlets will grow the Ag & Water Desk's reach across the nation's largest watershed alongside the award-winning journalism collaborative’s founding partners. Journalists can apply now for 11 new reporting positions.
More than 300 carp caught on northern Mississippi River
More than 300 invasive carp were pulled from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis., in late November, the largest single
The Mississippi River is central to America’s story. Why doesn’t it get more love?
READS LANDING, Minnesota – At the edge of the Mississippi River, eight kayaks floated in an orderly row. The group of
Climate report indicates dire future for Mississippi River basin, which is already feeling impacts
The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released earlier this month, warns of wide-ranging climate impacts throughout the United States. The
Farm conservation programs offer solutions to climate threats, but they’re vastly underfunded
When the U.S. Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.'s application for a farm loan in the
