Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Jul 9, 2013 |
"The legislation requiring public disclosure of the financial relationships between healthcare vendors and physicians has been widely discussed in policy circles for years. Critics claimed payments for speaking, consulting, research or even the small trinkets and meals delivered during routine sales calls unduly influenced physician choices and inflated healthcare costs. To combat those effects, Congress required public reporting of those payments in a publicly accessible database. The legislation, labeled the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, was included in the 2010 healthcare reform law." Source: ModernHealthcare.com |
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| Jun 20, 2008 |
''Americans want to know about pharma freebies, poll finds'' "More than half of the people responding to a national survey by the Boston-based Prescription Project thought it was important to know about their doctors’ relationships with drug companies, but only about a third said they would ask their own physicians about it." Source: Boston Globe |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Nov 1, 2011 |
''Amish-raised chicken on CPS lunch menu'' "Drumsticks from chickens raised on Amish farms without the use of antibiotics will be served at the 473 schools catered by Chartwells-Thompson. The company plans to buy about 1.2 million pounds of unprocessed Amish chicken this year for CPS, the largest district in the nation to make such a commitment." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 5, 2008 |
''And now, a fee to pay your bill'' "As companies strive to keep listed prices low and earnings high, fees have become a quick and handy back-end way to raise revenue." Source: MSN Money |
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| Sep 29, 2009 |
Anger at Bank Overdraft Fees Gets Hotter, Bigger and Louder "Controversial bank account fees, which have fattened banks' bottom lines at the expense of vulnerable consumers, are rapidly becoming a black eye for the industry." Source: USA Today |
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| Mar 1, 2012 |
''Antibiotic Resistance: An Emerging Food Safety Concern'' "Antibiotics are drugs capable of killing bacteria or disrupting their reproduction without harming their host, and have been used for more than 70 years to treat people with infections and for more than 50 years in veterinary medicine." Source: Food Safety Magazine |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 8, 2011 |
''Antibiotic Resistance: One Mother's Fight'' "It is not possible for me to "wake up" from this nightmare. But we as a society must wake up and prevent other nightmares from occurring by preserving the efficacy of our antibiotics...There is something you can do to help honor Simon, and make sure that other mothers don't face the pain of losing a child to a malicious bacteria. Please join the new group, Moms for Antibiotic Awareness -- an initiative of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming. We are working to raise awareness across the country on the routine use of antibiotics in food animal production and to engage moms and those concerned about their family's health to take action for more judicious use of these drugs." Source: The Huffington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 31, 2012 |
"Americans take antibiotics carelessly, prophylactically, almost recreationally, and our overuse is creating superbugs that no drug will be able to kill. Another major contributing factor in this crisis is the overuse of antibiotics in the farming industry." Source: Redbook.com |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 6, 2011 |
''Area doctors receiving speaking fees from drug companies'' "Over the last two years, seven of the biggest drug companies in the nation paid more than $770,000 in speaking and consulting fees to 52 area doctors and other medical professionals whose specialities range from cardiology to urology." Source: The Times-Tribune |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Jul 22, 2010 |
''As credit card holders play it safe, issuers increase non-penalty service fees'' "A new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that annual fees and service fees have increased over the past year while penalty charges -- which are subject to the new federal regulations -- remained largely unchanged." Source: The Washington Post |
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| Oct 11, 2012 |
''As Food Recalls Mount, White House Still Lingering Over New Safety Rules'' Families who've lost loved ones to foodborne illnesses have watched with alarm in recent months as producers have recalled mangoes, cantaloupe, ricotta cheese, dog food and peanut butter after people were sickened by the tainted goods. A landmark food safety law passed nearly two years ago was supposed to help curtail such outbreaks. But the Obama administration has yet to issue the final rules that will give the Food and Drug Administration more authority over food producers. Source: McClatchy Newspapers |
Food Safety |
| Aug 31, 2011 |
''As Production Goes Global, Drug Supply Faces Greater Risks to Safety, Quality'' "The adulteration, estimated to have netted the individuals responsible for adding the chemical between $1 million and $3 million, led to hundreds of adverse events, including at least 3 deaths, according to a recent report from the Pew Health Group." Source: The Journal of the American Medical Association |
Drug Safety |
| Jun 22, 2010 |
''As Some Consumer Banking Fees Fall, Expect Others to Rise'' "Thanks to a series of laws passed by Congress and rules imposed by the Federal Reserve, fees for using credit cards and bank accounts have begun to decline appreciably, which is a real boon to consumers. The key question is: Will banks find other ways to hit customers with new charges to make up for lost profits?" Source: Daily Finance |
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| Jan 3, 2012 |
''Asking the right questions about school food 'miracles' of 2011'' "Every now and then, a story appears in the media gushing about a “school food miracle worker” apparently serving healthier, higher quality food than usually found in school lunch programs, and costing no more than what a typical school district spends on a less healthy meal. The reader is left wondering why all schools don't just do what the “miracle worker” does." Source: Beyond Chron |
School Food |
| Apr 28, 2008 |
''Ban Urged on Gifts at Medical Schools'' "Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors, staff and students in all 129 of the nation's medical colleges, an influential college association has concluded." Source: The New York Times |
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