Proposed statewide requirements to post calories on menus or menu boards, and to disclose other nutritional information, have advanced another step in the Oregon Legislature. House Bill 2726 cleared the Senate Health Care Committee on Tuesday and is headed to a vote of the full Senate. A negotiated version passed the House, 43-15, on May 15.

The article written by Rosa Binimelis, Walter Pengue and Iliana Monterroso, is the product of collaborative work among the Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Buenos Aires and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Guatemala.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A plant's immune system protects the plant from harmful pathogens. If the system overreacts to pathogens, it can stunt plant growth and reduce seed production. Now, University of Missouri researchers have identified important suppressors that negatively regulate the responses of the immune system in the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are reminding Canadians that fresh fiddleheads should be properly cooked before being consumed. Fiddleheads are the curled, edible shoots of the ostrich fern. They are collected in the wild and sold as a seasonal vegetable in stores and outdoor markets.