In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
