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What does a partnership between Mayo Clinic and the dairy industry signify?

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Here & Now Newsroom

March 18, 2025

Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

A partnership between the Mayo Clinic and the dairy industry is drawing criticism from health experts who say it could damage the health system's credibility. The $60 billion dairy industry has a long history of promoting dairy's place in the American diet.

Sarah Todd, health reporter at STAT, joins host Robin Young to discuss.

This segment aired on March 18, 2025.

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