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<p>Seattle has gained a national reputation as a haven for “foodies” – but there’s a “food desert” in its own back yard, ironically in an area that once helped feed a growing city.</p>

<p>Living without running water, sanitation services or paved roads, people living in Texas colonias face grim health risks, Hunt Grant recipient Emily Ramshaw reports for the Texas Tribune/New York Times.</p>

<p>About a decade ago when I was newly settled into private practice in Memphis, a representative for a drug company marketing a new and powerful antibiotic stood in my office and asked whether I would like to attend a consultants' meeting about the drug in Washington.</p>

<p>Nearly half a million Texans live in substandard conditions in <em>colonias</em> -- 2,300 unincorporated and isolated border towns with limited access to potable water, sewer systems, electricity, sanitary housing or health care. Emily Ramshaw reports on their health conditions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p

<p>In Orange and Guilford counties, neighbors fight landfill expansions</p>

<p>Last month, the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy signed on to a national project that will let states share data. So far, nine states have joined the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy InterConnect project, including two states that border West Virginia -- Ohio and Virginia.</p>

<p>Lori McComas Chaffins spent a decade battling an addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs before she decided to change her life.</p>

<p>It might be roof-top green space. Perhaps a reconfiguration of streets that permits walkable medians and wide bike lanes. Or it could be a supercharging of current joint-use plans between cities and school districts.</p><p>The most likely scenario would be a combination of these solutions and

<p>In Salinas, a group of activists say the local hospital board doesn't represent the people it serves, and they're pushing for change.</p>