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Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals

September 25, 2025September 26, 2025ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals

The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”

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U.N. Health Goals Weakened by Industry Pressure, Experts Say

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on U.N. Health Goals Weakened by Industry Pressure, Experts Say

Public health advocates complained that the final recommendations on combating chronic illness removed calls for taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sweetened drinks.

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Amid Scramble for Food, Prices in Gaza Reach Extraordinary Heights

July 31, 2025July 31, 2025Adam Rasgon and Ashley WuComments Off on Amid Scramble for Food, Prices in Gaza Reach Extraordinary Heights

Obtaining humanitarian aid can be difficult and dangerous, and though some essentials are available at markets, they are prohibitively expensive for many Gazans.

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They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025MIKE IVESComments Off on They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

After President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t excited.

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Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

Women are coerced into needless hysterectomies and girls are pushed into child marriages. After a court ruling and a Times investigation, things may be changing.

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Sugary Drinks Linked to Global Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Sugary Drinks Linked to Global Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease

A new study assesses the effects of sugar-laden beverages on global health, with higher rates of consumption found in Latin America and parts of Africa.

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Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

December 20, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.

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How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

November 21, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

Our correspondent explains how an exploitative labor system has produced a system of brutality in the country’s sugar fields.

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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024Qadri Inzamam, Megha Rajagopalan and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.

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Why Lawmakers Ignore Human Rights Abuses in India’s Sugar Fields

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024Megha Rajagopalan and Qadri InzamamComments Off on Why Lawmakers Ignore Human Rights Abuses in India’s Sugar Fields

Politicians run most of the mills in the state of Maharashtra. They deny or downplay evidence of coerced hysterectomies, debt bondage and child labor in the fields.

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