In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
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| 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| Oct 10, 2011 |
''Feds fumble on law aimed at doctors'' "Sunshine Act will make physicians' ties to industry transparent." |
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| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
