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Native American tribes tackle diet and health woes with businesses built on traditional foods

Across the US, Native Americans are reclaiming their cultural cuisines to produce healthy and sustainable nutrition options within their communities

SC Johnson releases list of fragrances in its Glade air fresheners

The consumer product giant is the first multinational company to disclose fragrance ingredients, which are considered trade secrets, by product

Isis in Iraq: ‘We don’t yet have a complete strategy,’ Obama says

US president said Pentagon working on plan to recruit and train Iraqi troops and touched upon Russia, Fifa, US immigration and healthcare during G7 summit speech

‘Modern art, ancient wages’: MoMa workers protest during glitzy benefit

Unionized employees organized against potential healthcare cuts, as the New York museum’s patrons were donating millions just across the street

Popularity of ‘hookup apps’ blamed for surge in sexually transmitted infections

Health officials in Rhode Island and Utah attribute an uptick in STDs including syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV cases to use of apps like Grindr and Tinder

Which is the healthiest city in the US?

City links: Fit cities in America, gentrification in Hong Kong and London’s canalside ‘duck lanes’ feature among this week’s best city stories

Give me an easy-going ‘dad bod’ any day

Save me from conceited, narcissistic men rushing to judgment on others. Give me someone comfortable in their own skin

California judge bans abstinence-only teaching in teenage pregnancy ‘hot spot’

Ruling says sex education must be ‘medically accurate and free of bias’ in suit against Clovis Unified school district which has some of state’s highest teen pregnancy and STD rates

Are you still paying for your birth control? That might be illegal

The Obama administration has declared that health insurance companies must cover all contraception methods. Will this decision have an impact on you?

The high price of cheap manicures: what can consumers do?

Many salon workers are badly paid and risk their health to deliver cheap manicures. How can you avoid bring part of the problem?

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