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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Alpha-gal syndrome is spreading rapidly. Arkansas may hold clues to why it’s spreading, how it functions — and what comes next.
Diagnoses of the severe, tick-borne allergy are rising throughout the basin. The frontlines of the disease offer lessons.
After decades of overhunting and habitat loss, black bears are slowly recolonizing the lower Mississippi River Basin
The Mississippi Alluvial Valley was once the ‘breadbasket’ of black bears
China resumes U.S. soybean purchases under trade deal with Trump, but future for farmers remains ‘daunting’
Exports to China, the United States’ largest soybean buyer, still lag previous years
This summer’s ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf will be larger than average, but task force claims progress is being made
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects the oxygen-depleted zone to be about the size of the state of New Jersey
Here’s what communities can do when data centers arrive
We interviewed more than 50 experts to create a community toolkit. It lays out how ordinary people can respond — and how communities can prepare to handle projects beforehand.
Who are the middlemen behind data center deals?
Private consultants connect local governments with companies looking to build data centers. They’re often paid by taxpayers, but residents are out of the loop on how these groups work.
Experts say time is the key element for Louisiana vanishing coast, culture
Coastal scientists says change is inevitable, but hope is not lost
Ordinary people fill information gaps when data centers come knocking
Companies like Amazon and Google are often coming to small towns amid the boom in generative artificial intelligence. That has forced residents to fill an information gap left by the decline of local media.
Grain bin accidents remain deadly. One farmer hopes his family's story can help.
About half of grain bin entrapments are still fatal despite advances in safety training and rescue efforts.
The agency that helps farmers protect the environment lost a third of its staff last year. And more cuts could be coming.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a federal agency that helps farmers protect soil and water and fight climate change. Advocates say those goals are in jeopardy.
Where legislatures lag, local officials are stopping data centers altogether
In Missouri and many other states, regulatory efforts have been stymied. That’s prompting fierce debates in city council chambers.
Silos are disappearing from the landscape. One woman wants to hunt them down before they do.
For 150 years, silos have been a fixture of the Corn Belt, but efforts to preserve them have been haphazard.
With a federal plan to dam a river nearly set, fears persist over the effectiveness and downstream impact
The Pearl River nourishes wildlife, communities and Gulf seafood. Critics say the latest flood-control proposal is a real estate development in disguise.
Inside the fight against ‘zombie deer disease,’ scientists confront changing politics
A lab in Louisiana is a hub for chronic wasting disease research and detection. Outside, scientists face skepticism and backlash.