Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2013 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan Identifies Possible Treatment of Childhood Leukemia 2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan discovers a possible treatment to childhood Leukemia while leading a study at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Research Field |
| Jan 17, 2013 |
1989 Pew Biomedical Scholar Named Director of University of Minnesota's Center for Immunology 1989 Pew Biomedical Scholar Marc Jenkins, Ph.D., has been named director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Immunology. Source: Health Talk |
Biomedical Research |
| Jan 17, 2013 |
2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar Finds New Method for Flu Prevention NPR features 2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar, Ben tenOever, who has discovered a possible new way of preventing the flu vaccine. Source: NPR |
Biomedical Research |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''After Year-Long Delay, FDA Proposes Major Regulations For Food Safety'' "For the first time in 70 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two major requirements for improving food safety. On Friday, the FDA released two draft rule proposals for food safety that will allow the FDA to shift its focus on preventing, rather than simply reacting, to food borne illnesses." Source: Time.com |
Food Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''FDA Moves on New Food Safety Rules'' "The FDA proposed new rules today that would require US food distributors to implement additional measures to combat food-borne illness. The guidelines are aimed at improving food handling in both the agriculture and manufacturing sectors after a series of recent disease outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe, cheese, and leafy green vegetables that killed scores of Americans." Source: abcnews.com |
Food Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''FDA Releases Rules to Strengthen Safety of Food Supply'' "Looking for a little weekend reading? The Food and Drug Administration has just the thing. On Friday, the agency released two proposed rules designed to boost the safety of the nation's food supply, encompassing hundreds of pages. One rule covers operations at fruit and vegetable farms, focusing on those foods that we eat raw and have been the subject of several recent recalls." Source: National Public Radio |
Food Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
'''New Era' in Food-Safety Rules to be Dished Out'' "After two years of delay, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday, Jan. 4 that rules putting the United States at the forefront of food safety worldwide are finally moving forward." Source: USA TODAY |
Food Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''FDA Begins Implementing Sweeping Food-Safety Law'' "The Obama administration moved ahead Friday with the first major overhaul of the nation’s food-safety system in more than 70 years, proposing tough new standards for fruit and vegetable producers and food manufacturers." Source: The Washington Post |
Food Safety |
| Jan 7, 2013 |
''FSMA Regulations On Produce, Manufactured Food Finally Released For Public Comment'' The Food and Drug Administration released two of the five major regulations tied to the Food Safety Modernization Act for public comment on Friday, the second anniversary of the bill's passage. The newly released rules, arguably the most important two of the five, span a whopping 1,236 pages and regulate food safety protocols for produce and manufactured foods, respectively. Source: Huffington Post |
Food Safety |
| Jan 4, 2013 |
''F.D.A. Offers Sweeping Rules to Stop Food Contamination'' Sandra Eskin, director of the safe food campaign at the Pew Charitable Trusts, is interviewed by The New York Times about the new FDA rules to prevent food contamination. Source: The New York Times |
Food Safety |
