About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans[1] who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under 18. This food aid helps their families buy groceries and boosts their health in many ways – both during childhood and once they’re adults.

I am a developmental psychologist[2] who studies how stress and nutrition affect kids’ mental and physical health during childhood, and how those...

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It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.

Then, a sneeze.

Then coughing, sniffling and full-on congestion, with or without fever, for a few insufferable days.

Viral upper respiratory tract infections – also known as the common cold[1] – afflict everyone, typically three times per year[2], lasting, on average, nine days.

Colds don’t respond to antibiotics, and most over-the-counter medications deliver...

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