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.
The Ag & Water Desk reports on topics like agriculture, climate, water, pollution, solutions and more across the Mississippi River Basin. We focus on the resources that communities depend on every day. And we dig into the ways that policy and land use changes, such as the rapid expansion of data centers, affect people and wildlife. We also produce data journalism that helps illustrate the scope of these issues and turns complex data sets into accessible information.
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.
The Gulf’s Flower Garden Banks has been viewed as healthy, but a new study shows signs of damage.
More than three-quarters of member cities in a Mississippi River coalition have been approached to host AI infrastructure.
The tech giant promises Ridgeland, Mississippi, its massive data center won’t strain water supplies. But an exclusive look at their agreement shows there are few guarantees.
The Midwest has more than 600 data centers, with hundreds in development. Light pollution rules would protect migrating birds and nighttime pollinators.
Diagnoses of the severe, tick-borne allergy are rising throughout the basin. The frontlines of the disease offer lessons.
The Mississippi Alluvial Valley was once the ‘breadbasket’ of black bears
A program in Louisiana aims to be a model for endangered species preservation as protections for habitats are scaled back.
At approximately 1,332 square miles, the low oxygen area is the second-smallest in four decades of measurement
Solar panel misinformation, spread by bots and by neighbors, derailed a project in Cajun Country that promised millions in local tax revenue. The same methods are being employed nationwide.
The Great River Road, an artery running from Minnesota to Louisiana, is providing a lifeline to small towns
Amid dangerous heat, resources for those without air conditioning vary at the local level
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