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Daily News Lesson July 10 2025

DC Greens is fighting food injustice, one healthy meal at a time

Learn about a non-profit group that fights food insecurity by helping communities grow their own food

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Daily News Lesson June 18 2025

How researchers in Florida are using gene editing to protect the state's orange groves

Learn about how researchers in Florida are using CRISPR gene editing technology to build disease-resistant orange trees

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Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Climate change and the risk of spreading diseases

Discuss how a changing climate can affect the spread of disease

Reaction In Hong Kong As WHO Considers Emergency Decree

Daily Video January 31 2020

What students should know about the coronavirus

Use this NewsHour Extra lesson to teach your students about the novel coronavirus.

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Daily Video April 06 2019

Asbestos still causing harm amid broken regulatory system

This NewsHour lesson explores how the U.S. continues to import asbestos despite its lethal health impacts.

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Daily Video August 10 2017

Antibiotics keep animals healthy, but some dangerous superbugs are resistant

As high-density, industrial-scale livestock feeding operations become the norm, farmers have had to take extra steps to keep animals healthy. Illnesses and diseases grow and spread quickly when large numbers of similar animals are kept in close proximity.

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Lesson Plan August 02 2017

Lesson plan: How new inventions help people with disabilities and injuries

For a Google version of this lesson plan, click here. (Note: you will need to make a copy of the do…

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