In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2011 |
''The High Cost of Failing Artificial Hips'' "The most widespread medical implant failure in decades — involving thousands of all-metal artificial hips that need to be replaced prematurely — has entered the money phase." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jan 2, 2012 | 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. This is an important step, but two important improvements are needed. | Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 2, 2012 |
''Study on Major Duluth Road gives Pedestrians Hope for Change'' "A major thoroughfare that separates Duluth's Central and East Hillside neighborhoods, is traveled by thousands every day. There's a push to make it safer for those who use it most." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 2, 2012 |
''County may look at health impacts of bus transfers'' "County commissioners will consider a proposal Thursday morning asking the Oregon Health Authority for $15,000 to study the impact of TriMet’s bus/train transfer times." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 3, 2012 |
Oregon Public Health Division Releases Wind Energy Health Impact Assessment for Public Comment The Oregon Public Health Division spent the last year responding to questions from the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), local health departments, and community members in Eastern Oregon about the potential health impacts of wind energy facilities on Oregon communities. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''F.D.A. Orders Surgical Mesh Makers to Study Risks'' "The Food and Drug Administration issued an order on Wednesday requiring makers of implantable surgical mesh used to treat urinary incontinence in women to study its risks." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''FDA: Some Livestock Antibiotics Will Be Limited'' "The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered farmers to limit the use of a type of antibiotics they give livestock because it could make people more resistant to a key antibiotic that can save lives, encouraging news for public health advocates who say such animal antibiotics are overused." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 5, 2012 |
''J&J, C.R. Bard Must Study Safety of Vaginal Mesh, FDA Says'' "Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and C.R. Bard Inc. (BCR) must study rates of organ damage and complications linked to vaginal mesh implants, U.S. regulators said, responding to patient advocates who say the devices have harmed women." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jan 10, 2012 |
''Cantaloupe processor largely ignored FDA guidelines, probe finds'' "A listeria outbreak that killed 30 people and sickened 146 others might have been avoided if a Colorado cantaloupe processor had followed U.S. guidelines and washed the fruit in chlorinated water, a congressional investigation found." |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 11, 2012 | "There were 16 significant or unusual multistate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. in 2011, with five of them involving fresh produce, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual year in review." | Food Hazards |
| Jan 13, 2012 |
''Tainted juice episode calls FDA capabilities into question'' "The Food and Drug Administration is holding all orange juice being imported into the United States at the border while it tests for contamination with a fungus-killing chemical. The action is lowering stock prices for companies that sell orange juice and raising questions about the ability of the overstretched agency to protect the safety of the U.S. food system, critics say." |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 16, 2012 |
''NashVitality Week preaches healthy Nashville'' "The final piece of NashVitality Week is a series of health impact assessment workshops. The first takes place today; another will take place Friday and the third on Jan. 25." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 24, 2012 |
''Could Rising Healthcare and Utility Bills Get Kentucky Off Coal?'' "The Health Impact Assessment on Coal and Clean Energy Options in Kentucky, prepared by the Kentucky Environmental Foundation collates all the available peer-reviewed reports on the health impacts of both coal production and various types of renewable energy production, in an attempt to encourage legislators who have historically ignored the environmental impact of coal to take a look at the health impacts associated with various energy production decisions." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 24, 2012 |
''Building for Health: Improving Our Cities, Homes and Lives'' "How does where we live impact our health? It's a big and complex question, but Richard Jackson, MD, MPH is leading the way towards answers -- and interventions." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 31, 2012 | "The Food and Drug Administration is trying to shutter permanently a cheese factory in Queens whose owners failed to clean up the plant after a potentially deadly bacteria was discovered on more than one occasion, according to the government." | Food Hazards |
