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A woman from the indigenous Turkana Nilotic community pours sorghum grains into a sack, at a World Food Program food distribution center, at the Kenya Oil village near Lodwar, in Turkana County, Kenya, on February 17, 2026.

How the Iran War Could Drive a Historic Hunger Crisis

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Acute hunger threatens 45 million if the conflict extends into June. A roadmap from the Ukraine War could contain the humanitarian fallout

Project HOPE Gaza Human Resources Coordinator Nouralhuda Abu Gefra sits in the rubble of her partially damaged house in Gaza, on October 14, 2025.

"We've Been in Famine for Months": Life in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

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Amid the Iran war and new closures of Gaza's border crossings, Palestinians have resumed a desperate search for food and medical aid

SNAP Benefits in 2026: What Older Adults Should Expect From Work Requirements

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An explainer outlines new work requirements for U.S. food benefits and the ways older adults can meet them

Jane Parrish, 86, collects food from a pantry supported by Trinity's Table at the Roosevelt Community Center, in Charleston, West Virginia, on March 19, 2025.

A Reckoning for Attacks on Health in Gaza

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Governments and international agencies should condemn both violations of humanitarian law and attempts to weaken its protections

Medical personnel work in an operating room at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 9, 2025.

Small Fish: Big Nutritional Impact

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Incorporating indigenous small fish into local diets can deliver health benefits to communities facing malnutrition

Small Fish: Big Nutritional Impact

The Deep Imprints of Gaza's Humanitarian Catastrophe

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The reemergence of polio in the Gaza Strip cannot be separated from the consequences of war

Palestinian children, accompanied by parents, wait to be vaccinated against polio.

Why Some Children Relapse From Severe Acute Malnutrition

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A new pediatric study answers why and how often relapse occurs with the deadliest form of malnutrition

A woman holds her holds her one-year-old son at the Maternal and Child Care Center.

Expanding Mobile Medical Care to Fight Hunger

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In Somalia, addressing malnutrition and infectious disease together

Expanding Mobile Medical Care to Fight Hunger