In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2011 |
''Baxter loses first Heparin case'' "A Cook County Circuit Court jury Thursday awarded $625,000 to the estate of a man who his attorneys say was given a dosage of a blood thinner made by Baxter International Inc. that contained a contaminated ingredient found in the company's supply chain in China." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 15, 2011 |
''USDA Report: Studies Show Farms Need To Use Fewer Antibiotics'' "Research from around the world shows a pressing need to regulate and stem the widespread use of antibiotics on livestock, which can become reservoirs of bacteria resistant to drugs that were previously able to kill the bugs that can also sicken and kill humans, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 15, 2011 |
''Med-tech CEOs storm Capitol Hill'' "AdvaMed organizes a 'legislative fly-in' on Capitol Hill, bringing 20 medical device company CEOs to 'urge Congress to help preserve the industry’s competitiveness and global leadership in the development of new medical devices and diagnostics." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jun 20, 2011 |
''FDA plan aims to increase import safety'' "A Food and Drug Administration report issued Monday lays out plans to deal with the rising tide of imports to the U.S., which has quadrupled over the past decade." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 28, 2011 |
''Industry allies continue to reject facts about antibiotic use in animal agriculture'' "This week, an industry-leaning commentary with an academic veneer appeared on the Dairyherd Network, repeating industry arguments that rely on inaccurate facts that have been rebutted by scientists and public health and medical organizations to argue against banning the unnecessary and risky agricultural overuse of life-saving antibiotics." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 22, 2011 |
''Hip Implant Complaints Surge, Even as the Dangers Are Studied'' "The federal government has received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting that serious problems persist with some types of artificial hips even as researchers scramble to evaluate the health dangers." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Aug 25, 2011 |
''Del Monte Sues FDA Over Cantaloupe Recall, Import Restrictions'' In an unusual move, Del Monte Fresh Produce has filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration saying "erroneous speculation, unsupported by scientific evidence" led to a March recall of Guatemalan cantaloupes tied to an outbreak of Salmonella Panama. |
Food Safety |
| Sep 6, 2011 |
''Medical, consumer groups urge Congress to act on antibiotic resistance'' "A coalition of medical and consumer advocacy groups is urging lawmakers to curtail the use of antibiotics in farm animals as federal regulators prepare to propose new restrictions." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Sep 8, 2011 |
''Health Impact Assessments: A NewPublicHealth Q&A with Pamela Russo'' NewPublicHealth spoke with Pamela Russo, M.D., M.P.H. a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, about the foundation’s investments to increase the use of health impact assessments and the contents of a newNational Research Council report. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Sep 14, 2011 |
''Antibiotic Resistance and the Case for Organic Poultry and Meat'' "Feeding antibiotics to livestock creates an ever-increasing number of resistant bacteria, including many that can harm humans. Yet up to now, no one has been able to say how quickly the damage can be undone by ending this practice or if it can be undone at all." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Sep 15, 2011 |
''CDC awards Davidson health grant'' "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded Davidson a $350,000 grant to study healthy community initiatives over the next three years, Planning Manager Lauren Blackburn announced in Roosevelt Wilson Park on Friday, Sept. 9." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Oct 5, 2011 | "More than 250 doctors and other health care professionals have signed a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeking a comprehensive human health study of the state's proposal to permit new deep drilling for natural gas across the Marcellus Shale region of upstate New York." | Health Impact Assessment |
| Oct 6, 2011 |
''VCs Take Their Case For FDA Reform To Capitol Hill'' “Venture capitalists are beginning to steer their investment dollars away from fledgling pharmaceutical and medical device companies, a phenomenon that will drive jobs and promising treatments overseas, according to a new survey of life sciences investors ... " |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Oct 10, 2011 |
''Feds fumble on law aimed at doctors'' "Sunshine Act will make physicians' ties to industry transparent." |
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| Oct 20, 2011 |
''Change Your Neighborhood, Improve Your Health'' "When a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offered a program in the 1990s to move families out of poor neighborhoods, it created a unique opportunity not only to improve people’s day-to-day lives, but also to study how a change in environment might impact their health over the long term." |
Health Impact Assessment |
