Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000 calls per day^[1].

But as the government shutdown entered its fourth week in late October, states began to warn residents^[2] that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program^[3] benefits, sometimes known as food stamps, would likely be affected. Nearly 42 million Americans receive SNAP...

A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration^[1] because it contains elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals called nitrosamines^[2].

The recall, which Teva announced on Oct. 7, 2025, affects more than 580,000 prazosin capsules^[3]. Prazosin is prescribed to around 510,000 patients yearly^[4] and is used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder as...