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Approximately one in eight Americans receive food stamp benefits from the US government, a program at risk of losing its funding as of Saturday due to the government shutdown.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his deputies are targeting a chemical that is a mainstay of dental care.

The shutdown, now in its fifth week, halted funding for Medicare's telehealth program, leaving many patients without vital services.