About a decade ago, pediatrician Philip Fischer, M.D., began to hear heartbreaking stories about babies in Cambodia who were believed to have “beriberi,” a vitamin deficiency so uncommon in the U.S. that he knew of it only from textbooks as a scourge of the 19th century. He went to Cambodia to learn more and try…

Vitamin Angels, which provides lifesaving vitamins to mothers and children under five at risk of malnutrition, helping to reduce preventable illness, blindness, and death, is one of many charities doing their part to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Santa Barbara, California-based organization is continuing to provide nutritional relief amid increasing food insecurity during the pandemic. Until May 10, We Like…

  This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Special Report at 7pm on May 1, 2020. To view the original source, visit: KTLA: Celebrating Mothers During These Unprecedented Times