PublicHealth

With both obesity and fiscal austerity on the rise, makers of unhealthy foods are a tempting target for taxation. While companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald's are most obviously in the sights of the food police, the rest of the food industry may be vulnerable as well.

Communities such as New York City and San Francisco have mandated more overt nutrition labeling on fast food in hopes that, with information, people will make better choices on what they eat. Sadly, a new study of people in an area where this mandate is already in effect found that better...

More than two months after America was first being deluged with news that salmonella-tainted peanut products were scattered throughout the nation's food supply, the list of potentially dangerous products is still growing. At least 15 more products were added to the list in the past week and at...