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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Fighting drought, N. Minnesota potato farmers overdrew water permits by tens of millions of gallons | By Greg Stanley, Star Tribune – Feb. 21, 2023

Missouri study on bald eagles and turbines aims to find how birds and wind energy can co-exist | By Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media -- Feb. 21, 2023

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