Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2013 |
''Pittsburgh Takes on the Food Revolution Challenge'' "All over the region, little pockets of activity are coalescing into a collaborative Food Revolution a la Jamie Oliver, the British chef who champions healthier food in schools and elsewhere. Last fall at the One Young World conference held here, he challenged Pittsburgh to revamp its eating habits -- and Pittsburgh's delegates took him seriously." Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
School Food |
| May 15, 2013 |
USDA Official Answers Questions about Healthy School Meals "First lady Michelle Obama visited the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) earlier this month and praised the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, the 2010 law designed to make school lunches more nutritious. Audrey Rowe, the administrator of the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), oversees federal nutrition assistance and education programs, including the 2010 law. Rowe spoke with Tom Fox, a guest writer for On Leadership and vice president for leadership and innovation at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. He also heads the Partnership’s Center for Government Leadership."Source: The Washington Post |
School Food |
| May 14, 2013 |
''Providing Nutritious Meals a Focus in WJCC School System'' "With childhood obesity — and other health issues and nutrition requirements — increasing in schools, Williamsburg-James City County is focusing on providing nutritious meals to students." Source: Williamsburg Yorktown Daily |
School Food |
| May 14, 2013 |
''Drug Manufacturer Agrees to $500 Million Penalty'' ''A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S." Source: The Associated Press |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Community Pharmacies Will Now Back Supply Chain Legislation'' "As differing bills for securing the pharmaceutical supply chain wind their way through the US House and Senate, a key hurdle to passing legislation may have just been cleared. Earlier this week, the National Community Pharmacists Association – which is a member of an influential industry coalition that has been floating its own proposals – is now willing to back either bill." Source: Pharmalot.com |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Senators Say They Are Close to Writing a Final Pharmacy Compounding Bill'' "U.S. senators considering fundamental changes to how the practice of pharmacy compounding is regulated heard almost unanimous support for reform at a Washington committee hearing Thursday." Source: The Kansas City Star |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Senate Moves Closer to Law to Prevent More Pharmacy Outbreaks'' "At least 67 people have died in 20 outbreaks caused by contaminated drugs since 2001, experts told a Senate hearing Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration says there have likely been more cases than that, but they have no way of telling now." Source: NBC News |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 10, 2013 |
''State Pharmacy Boards Back More FDA Oversight'' "State pharmacy officials on Thursday threw their support behind a proposal giving the Food and Drug Administration authority over large compounding pharmacies, in an effort to head off more outbreaks tied to contaminated medications." Source: The Huffington Post |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Algonac High School Students Enjoy Sample Menu Items'' "Representatives from National Food Group handed out samples of what could be on next year’s menu. Students sampled beef barbacoa with roasted vegetables, whole grain cheese ravioli with chunky marinara sauce and baked cod filet. Other items were cranberry oatmeal bars and breakfast items oatmeal chocolate vertical bars and berry apple crisp vertical bar." Source: Times Herald |
School Food |
| May 9, 2013 |
Founding Member of Latin American Fellows Program Elected to National Academy of Sciences Edward De Robertis, National Advisory Committee member and founding member of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program, has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. De Robertis, a native of Uruguay, is the N. Sprague Professor of Biological Chemistry at University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute—best known for identifying genetic patterns conserved throughout evolution. Source: UCLA Newsroom |
Biomedical Research |
| May 9, 2013 |
Seven Pew Scholars Named HHMI Investigators On May 9, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that 27 of the nation’s top biomedical researchers—including seven Pew scholars—will become HHMI investigators and will receive the flexible support necessary to move their research in creative new directions. The Pew scholars named HHMI investigators are Peter Baumann (2003), Michael Dyer (2004), Nicole King (2004), Tirin Moore (2004), Dyche Mullins (2000), Michael Rape (2007), and Rachel Wilson (2005). Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Biomedical Research |
| May 8, 2013 |
''McIntyre Advocates for Healthier School Lunches'' "The Pew Charitable Trust recently issued a statement recognizing this as a significant step to help children nationwide. The School Food Modernization Act would help schools improve their meal programs in two ways. One part of the legislation would authorize a USDA competitive grant program through which schools could obtain training and technical assistance for foodservice employees." Source: Bladen Journal |
School Food |
| May 7, 2013 |
''FDA to Consider Revamping Food Additive Rules'' "Amid growing public concern over the safety of additives in products ranging from caffeinated energy drinks to industrial chemicals in food containers and water bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under pressure to reexamine its rules, and there are signs it may do so." Source: Reuters |
Food Additives |
| May 7, 2013 |
''Budget Cuts Won't Reduce Food Safety Inspections'' "The Food and Drug Administration will not reduce food inspections because of budget cuts, despite warning earlier that it could be forced to eliminate thousands of inspections by Sept. 30." Source: USA TODAY |
Food Safety |
| May 6, 2013 |
''Bipartisan Bill Would Pay for School Kitchen Upgrades, Equipment'' Jessica Donze Black, director of the Pew Kids' Safe & Healthful Foods Project, speaks with Education Week about a bipartisan bill that would provide money for school kitchen upgrades. Source: EducationWeek |
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| May 6, 2013 |
''Pre-Ordering School Lunches Steer Kids To Healthier Meal Choices'' Jessica Donze Black, project director for Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, is featured in Time magazine article about healthy school lunches. Source: Time Health & Family |
School Food |
| May 2, 2013 |
''Latham Renews Quest to Upgrade School Kitchens'' "Recent changes to the federal school lunch program require more fresh fruits and vegetables to be served, but many schools in Iowa and across the country lack the fridge space needed to store large quantities of fresh produce, the Republican lawmaker said." Source: Des Moines Register |
School Food |
| Apr 20, 2013 |
''State Schools Set to Implement Updated USDA Guidelines'' "The USDA is updating the existing nutritional food standards set in 1979, which will require all snack foods sold in public schools to meet new health standards." Source: New Britain Herald |
School Food |
| Apr 18, 2013 |
''Six Cent Increases Funding for School Nutrition'' "Marty Tatara has succeeded with 'Six Cent For Child' certification, which will increase federal funding for nutrition in Madison City Schools." Source: Madison County Record |
School Food |
| Apr 17, 2013 |
"Orange County Public Schools are continuing to offer up a host of different lunch options to students throughout the county, expanding their taste buds through different food choices." Source: |
School Food |
| Apr 17, 2013 |
''Lewiston Woman Sickened by Ground Beef Rallies Against Antibiotics in Meat'' A past bout of salmonella led Maine resident Danielle Wadsworth to travel to Washington, D.C. this week to argue for stronger regulations to curtail the use of antibiotics in livestock farming. She took part Wednesday in "Supermoms Against Superbugs," an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming. Source: Bangor Daily News |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 16, 2013 |
''Nashville Voices Take Concerns About Antibiotic Resistance to Washington'' Dr. Cecilia Di Pentima is in Washington, D.C., for “Supermoms against Superbugs” to push for laws to curtail the use of antibiotics in livestock farming — one of many fronts in the battle to preserve the effectiveness of the medicines. Family physicians in the South, including Tennessee, have also been identified as inadvertent purveyors of drug-resistant bacteria by prescribing too many antibiotics. Source: The Tennesseean |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 15, 2013 |
''Groups Weigh in on Proposed School Snack, Vending Rules'' "High school students don't need to have access to caffeine on campus. Snacks sold at elementary and middle schools shouldn't have as many calories as those sold at high schools. And maybe schools shouldn't have vending machines or a la carte lunch lines at all." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Apr 14, 2013 |
Pew Expert Says School Food Standards Are ''All Over the Map'' In the absence of a national policy, school snack food standards vary by state. Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, speaks with The Washington Post about this issue. Source: The Washington Post |
School Food |
| Apr 14, 2013 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan Helps Identify Mutations Linked to Brain Tumors 2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Charles Mullighan was part of a research team at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital which recently found mutations responsible for more than half of a subtype of childhood brain tumors. Their paper in Nature Genetics pinpointed alterations in two genes that increased the risk of low-grade gliomas—the most common childhood tumors of the brain and spinal cord—and identified an existing drug as a possible treatment. Source: Herald Online |
Biomedical Research |
