NPR: malnourished children https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=g-s1-81691 en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:09:49 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: malnourished children https://www.npr.org/tags/g-s1-81691/malnourished-children Why the company that makes Plumpy'Nut is 'just over the moon!' The therapeutic food is designed to bring malnourished kids back from the brink. A new order from the U.S. after months of mixed signals is good news for the Rhode Island factory that makes it. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:51:34 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/08/g-s1-81553/malnourished-children-hunger-plumpynut-foreign-aid https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/08/g-s1-81553/malnourished-children-hunger-plumpynut-foreign-aid

The therapeutic food is designed to bring malnourished kids back from the brink. A new order from the U.S. after months of mixed signals is good news for the Rhode Island factory that makes it.

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]]> Gabrielle Emanuel China has declared war on the chikungunya virus. How much of a threat is it? The mosquito-borne disease is sweeping through a province in southern China, which is taking strict measures to quash the outbreak. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:16:01 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/08/g-s1-81670/china-chikungunya-virus-mosquitoes https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/08/g-s1-81670/china-chikungunya-virus-mosquitoes

The mosquito-borne disease is sweeping through a province in southern China, which is taking strict measures to quash the outbreak.

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