In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Aug 13, 2012 | "Students gained less weight over three years if they lived in states that restricted the sale of unhealthy snacks at school than kids in states without those laws, a study has found." | School Food |
| Aug 11, 2012 |
''Schools scrambling to serve up healthier lunch choices'' "When students head back to school this fall, most will be offered a smorgasbord of healthier foods in lunch lines. The reason: New government nutrition standards for school meals go into effect this year, raising the bar for the first time in more than 15 years. Schools must meet the standards to get federal meal reimbursements. |
School Food |
| Aug 8, 2012 | "Got a tummy ache? It could well be something you ate. That's the message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest assessment of food-borne illnesses, dropped on its web site with zero fanfare, not even a press release, Friday afternoon. It shows that that infection rates from most common food-related pathogens are either inching up or holding steady—and occurring at levels above the CDC's own targets." | Food Safety |
| Aug 6, 2012 | "A new study suggests that using electronic health records to tell doctors what infections are going around in their community could help cut down on unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions." | Drug Safety, Antibiotic Innovation |
| Aug 3, 2012 |
Biomedical Science Programs Make a Positive Impact on Research The Pew Scholars Program and The Pew Latin American Fellows Program support promising early-career scientists from North, South and Central America in the health sciences — particularly young researchers with innovative approaches and ideas. Anita Pepper, Director of the Pew Programs in the Biomedical Sciences, explains the benefits of the programs. |
Biomedical Research |
| Aug 1, 2012 | "Amid growing consumer awareness about antibiotics used to raise food animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is taking a look at some of the claims made on meat packages, including "antibiotic free." | Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 26, 2012 | An NFL salary can afford an athlete plenty of ways to while away the offseason. Will Witherspoon fell into cattle herding. And that lead him to his latest quest — building support for a bill that would ban the use of antibiotics on healthy animals in farming. | Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 23, 2012 |
Chefs Highlight Need to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production Celebrity chefs and restaurateurs Suzanne Goin and Mary Sue Milliken, who serve only antibiotic-free meat in their establishments, came to Washington, D.C., on May 15 to tell the Administration and their representatives in Congress to rein in the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 17, 2012 | Eighteen months ago, President Obama signed the law to reform America’s dangerously outdated food safety system. But the administration has still not issued the regulations to implement this measure -- regulations that would improve U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety oversight of domestic produce and processed foods, as well as imported food products. | Food Safety |
