In the News
In the News
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| Oct 22, 2012 |
Supermoms Against Superbugs, an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, is a movement of moms, dads, grandparents, and other caregivers concerned about their family’s health. These individuals want to raise awareness about the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in food animal production and take action for more judicious use of these drugs. |
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| Oct 1, 2012 |
Seeking Better and Safer Medical Devices Medical devices range from common iteams such as stethoscopes to more complex products such as pacemakers and heart stents. The Medical Device Initiative project seeks to improve the tracking of medical device safety and to foster innovation that benefits patients. Project Director Josh Rising has a personal connection to the value of medical devices and he explains the importance of the Initiative and the goals of the program.
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| Apr 5, 2012 |
''NIH names Dr. Gary H. Gibbons director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute'' Preeminent clinician-scientist and cardiologist takes the helm at the NHLBI. |
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| Apr 1, 2012 |
Take Action: Urge the Obama Administration to Strengthen its Antibiotic Policies On April 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a series of measures designed to protect human health from drug resistant superbugs by curbing the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in meat and poultry production. |
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| Feb 7, 2012 |
''Recall Reveals An Egg's Long Path To The Deli Sandwich'' "More than 1 million eggs bound for supermarkets, delis and convenience stores have been recalled since late January for possible contamination with listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes fever, nausea and diarrhea, and can be deadly in children and the elderly. No illnesses have been reported." |
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| Oct 25, 2011 |
''Sunshine Letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius'' "We are writing to urge you to fully implement Section 1128G of the Social Security Act, the Physician Payments Sunshine Provision, which was added as Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)." |
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| Oct 10, 2011 |
''Feds fumble on law aimed at doctors'' "Sunshine Act will make physicians' ties to industry transparent." |
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| May 1, 2009 |
''More Readers' Questions About Swine Flu'' This week the World Health Organization raised its global threat level to 5, its second highest, and warned nations to prepare for a global flu pandemic. Additional cases of the new swine flu were confirmed not just in North America and Mexico but also in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Peru, Germany, Austria, Spain, Israel, New Zealand and Hong Kong. And, amid some controversy, the swine flu virus got an official but unwieldy new name: A(H1N1). |
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| Oct 22, 2007 |
''Scarce pandemic vaccine to be given in order'' ''In the early weeks of a flu pandemic, the first to receive scarce supplies of vaccine will include the military, medical and emergency workers, pregnant women and babies — nearly 23 million people — under a draft federal plan to be outlined Tuesday in Washington.'' |
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| Feb 20, 2006 |
''Have we learned our lessons about pandemics?'' If a serious flu pandemic occurs, where you live and how well your community has prepared could mean the difference between life and death.No one can say when a pandemic will begin or how severe it will be, but the SARS outbreak in 2003 showed us how quickly a new disease can spread. The 2004 flu vaccine shortage prompted panic and long lines at clinics, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina brought home the alarming reality of American citizens stranded at a time of need. |
