In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 27, 2011 |
''FDA To Ease Policy For Starting Pivotal Clinical Studies'' "FDA is making changes to the way it vets pivotal clinical trial plans to allow firms to start trials earlier while still ensuring that the study data ultimately supports a pre-market application." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Nov 8, 2011 |
''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'' "New funding will give city and county officials a chance to better understand how policy decisions might affect residents’ health in areas including public transportation and access to healthy foods." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Nov 15, 2011 |
Commentary: ''N.Y. has to really study gas drilling impact'' "When Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would let science and health concerns drive his decision about issuing permits for hydraulic fracturing natural gas wells, we were encouraged. When we read the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, however, that encouragement evaporated." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Nov 18, 2011 |
''US bill would set $20m max fine for counterfeiting medicines'' "Lawmakers in the USA proposed a bill yesterday which would dramatically increase the penalties for the sale, manufacture and trafficking of counterfeit medicines." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Nov 21, 2011 |
''Target scrambles to line up new egg suppliers'' "Egg shortages were reported at some Target stores after the retailer ended its relationship with a producer accused of animal cruelty, and the company scrambled Monday to line up new suppliers before Thanksgiving." |
Food Hazards |
| Nov 21, 2011 |
''Criminal charges hard to pin on farm where listeria-tainted cantaloupes originated'' "Jensen Farms and its owners remain under threat of criminal prosecution for the cantaloupe listeria outbreak that has killed 29 people, but the history of even the most scandalous food poisonings shows such charges are rare." |
Food Hazards |
| Nov 24, 2011 |
''Food safety inspections give false sense of security'' "A Colorado cantaloupe farm linked by federal regulators to one of the deadliest food outbreaks since the 1920s was graded as having “superior” safety practices just one month before consumers became ill from eating the fruit." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 1, 2011 |
''Listeria outbreak traced to Colorado leaves damaged survivors in its wake'' "The listeria outbreak from Colorado grower Jensen Farms' cantaloupe has killed 29 people nationwide — eight in Colorado — and caused one miscarriage. Dozens more people, including Mike Hauser, have been irreparably damaged by an especially vicious bacterium." |
Food Hazards |
