From the Willits News. Staffers at the Willits schools' Nutrition Education Program send Ray's Food place "a big thanks" for giving them a great deal on Fuyu persimmons, the program's "Harvest of the Month" selection for November. &… more »

From MS NBC Today Health. Women who drink sugary beverages every day may raising their risk for heart disease, even if their habit is not packing on the pounds. Whatever the form ? sweet tea, soda, or coffee drinks that look like desserts ? women who d… more »

From the Houston Chronicle. It was a startling claim: Air pollution has no connection to asthma, Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul said on the Senate floor. But Paul, and a chart he used to make his case against the health benefits of a new federal air pollu… more »

From the Western Farm Press. In a settlement announced by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), Best Oriental Produce Inc. of Vernon was penalized $10,000 and agreed to put control measures in place to prevent sales of produce with illegal pest… more »

From NOAA News. Scientists researching harmful algal bloom "hot spots" off southern and central California have been awarded $821,673 for the first year of an anticipated 5-year $4,076,929 project to investigate methods that could provide ear… more »

From NBC LA. When nine surveyors representing the California Department of Public Health toured the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in February, they found infection control problems so serious, that it prompted the federal government to send a letter to th… more »

From the Examiner.com. A distributor of a brand of candy imported from India has voluntarily recalled it from the market, the California Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. Marketed as Roopal Swad candy, it was withdrawn by India Imports &am… more »