In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
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| Aug 13, 2012 | "Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off." | School Food |
| 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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| Jun 6, 2011 |
Saveantibiotics.org Has a New Home Welcome to the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming's new home. For those familiar with our previous site, the tour below should help you familiarize yourself with our new look. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Sep 27, 2012 |
''Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Peanut Butter Recall'' "Four years after a salmonella outbreak tied to peanut butter, it's happened again -- despite stricter industry standards. A recall of Trader Joe's peanut butter a week ago has been expanded to more than 100 products sold nationally in many other supermarkets. At least 30 people have been infected with salmonella Bredeney in 19 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Four were hospitalized. No deaths have been reported." |
Food Safety |
| May 19, 2012 |
''Salmonella case numbers slow in Asheville area, but still climbing'' "The number of reported cases in a three-month Buncombe-based salmonella outbreak is still climbing, but health officials say they’re seeing fewer and fewer new cases of the disease each week." |
Food Hazards |
| Aug 29, 2012 |
''Salmonella at Indiana Farm Matches Outbreak Strain'' "A southwestern Indiana cantaloupe farm is the source of at least some of the salmonella responsible for an outbreak that sickened people in 21 states and killed two Kentucky residents, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday." |
Food Safety |
| Mar 4, 2012 |
''Safety concerns, industry changes push U.S. to rethink approach to food inspection'' "There’s a growing recognition among food-safety experts that the government can be smarter about tackling food-borne hazards that sicken one in six Americans each year and kill about 3,000." |
Food Hazards |
| Feb 8, 2013 |
Risks Associated with Compounding Pharmacies The Pew Charitable Trusts has identified 20 pharmacy compounding errors associated with 982 adverse events, including 67 deaths, since 2001. Contamination of sterile products were the most common compounding errors, though some were the result of pharmacists’ and technicians’ miscalculations and mistakes in filling prescriptions. |
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| Oct 24, 2011 |
''Riding bus may improve health'' "Bus riders get a boost in physical activity just by walking to and from stops, suggests a new Metro Public Health Department study, whose findings are in line with national research." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Mar 14, 2013 |
Representative Slaughter Leads Effort to Protect Public from Superbugs Meat and poultry producers routinely feed antibiotics to healthy animals to make them grow faster and to compensate for overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. These practices breed drug-resistant superbugs that make human diseases more difficult and costly to treat and more likely to cause death. Fortunately, on March 14, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 (PAMTA) to restrict animal agricultural practices that threaten the public’s health. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
