The therapeutic food is designed to bring malnourished kids back from the brink. A new order from the U.S. after months of mixed signals is good news for the Rhode Island factory that makes it.
Plumpy’nut
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China has declared war on the chikungunya virus. How much of a threat is it?
The mosquito-borne disease is sweeping through a province in southern China, which is taking strict measures to quash the outbreak.
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Where’s Plumpy’Nut? A lifesaving food for malnourished kids is caught up in U.S. cuts
It’s a “ready-to-use therapeutic food” that’s had remarkable success in treating malnourished kids. The State Department says it’s still available. Factories and field workers have a different view.
