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Health Highlights
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Replacing Deep-Fat Fryers
Replacing Deep-Fat Fryers
For an inside look at how kitchen equipment can impact a school’s ability to serve healthy meals, watch this video and take a tour of a school in Clay County, Kentucky.
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Earl Hafner Guides a Tour of his Iowa Farm
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Earl Hafner Guides a Tour of his Iowa Farm
Earl Hafner, a farmer in Central Iowa has been farming for over 30 years. Today he works with son Jeff on the family's farm outside Des Moines.
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Issue Brief
Reviving the Pipeline of Life-Saving Antibiotics
Issue Brief
Reviving the Pipeline of Life-Saving Antibiotics
Antibiotic-resistant infections are a growing public health threat. At the same time, antibiotic innovation is waning. Pew, the IIDSA and PhRMA hosted a one-day conference, Reviving the Pipeline of Life-Saving Antibiotics: Exploring Solutions to Spur Innovation on September 22, 2011, exploring ways to overcome the challenges that hinder the development of new antibiotics.
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Health Impact Assessment: Bringing Public Health Data to Decision Making
Report
Health Impact Assessment: Bringing Public Health Data to Decision Making
Preventable health problems, including many cases of heart disease, diabetes, asthma and injuries, are taking a huge toll on American families. For the first time in U.S. history, data suggest that today’s children may live shorter lives than their parents. These problems also threaten our nation’s economic vitality.
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Issue Brief
Focus On: Food Import Safety
Issue Brief
Focus On: Food Import Safety
In this issue brief, the Pew Health Group and Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) address the safety of imported seafood and raw produce, two of the largest categories of FDA-regulated food items produced and processed abroad and then sold in the United States.
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Biomedical Scholars Profile: Benjamin R. tenOever
Biomedical Scholars Profile: Benjamin R. tenOever
As one of the 20 early-career scientists chosen in 2008 to be a Pew Biomedical Scholar, tenOever is drilling deep into the molecular anatomy of viruses.
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Putting Meat on the Table
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Putting Meat on the Table
The current industrial farm-animal production system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves, according to an extensive two-and-a-half-year examination conducted by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production.
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Interactive
Is That Sandwich Safe?
Interactive
Is That Sandwich Safe?
Hazards such as bacteria, parasites, and viruses can tag along in many healthy foods and make your child very sick.
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Oversight of a Global Food Supply
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Oversight of a Global Food Supply
Americans' appetite for imported food has expanded dramatically over the past few decades. For each of the past seven years, food imports have grown by an average of 10 percent. Currently, between 10 and 15 percent of all food consumed by U.S. households is imported. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, nearly two-thirds of the fruits and vegetables and 80 percent of seafood consumed domestically come from outside the United States.
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