Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Dec 26, 2012 |
''The One Issue Food Activists Should Focus On'' ''Ask a dozen food activists what political change they want to see in 2013 and you’ll get a dozen different answers, maybe two dozen: Restrict sodium in packaged foods. Label genetically modified ingredients. End subsidies to big farms. All are critical. What did meet all the requirements was this: Get antibiotics off the farm and out of the food supply." Source: The Washington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 13, 2012 |
''Drink Ingredient Gets a Look'' Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a dedicated vegetarian, did what she often does and checked the label to make sure no animal products were in the drink. One ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, caught her eye. Source: The New York Times |
Food Additives |
| Dec 12, 2012 |
1990 Pew Scholar Featured in The Washington Post The Washington Post highlighted the research of 1990 Pew Biomedical Scholar Carol Greider in a Q&A article. In the article, Dr. Greider discussed how a hunch she had as a young researcher led to the discovery of the enzyme telomerase, which has potential applications in aging and cancer and won her the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Source: The Washington Post |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 29, 2012 |
''Generic Drug Maker Stops Making Cholesterol Pill'' Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, the largest producer of the generic version of Lipitor, has halted all production of the drug until it can figure out why glass particles may have ended up in pills that were distributed to the public, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. Source: The New York Times |
Drug Safety |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
Patent Issued for Gene Technology Discovered by Pew Biomedical Scholar Oxford BioMedica recently purchased exclusive rights to a gene silencing technology developed by Craig Mello, a 1995 Pew Biomedical Scholar and advisory committee chair. Source: Umass Med Now |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
2009 Pew Biomedical Scholar Discovers Nerve Regeneration Gene Find out how Pew Biomedical Scholar Melissa Rolls led a team of researchers to an important discovery about nerve regeneration. Source: Penn State |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 28, 2012 |
''Drug, Device Makers Anxiously Await U.S. Doctor-Payment Disclosure Rule'' ''Drug and medical-device makers are bracing for a new U.S. rule that will require them to report physician-payment information to the government--a rule some companies and doctors fear will be overly broad and could mislead the public.'' Source: Wall Street Journal |
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| Nov 27, 2012 |
''One-Stop Shopping Proposed For Conflict Disclosure'' "Harmonizing conflict-of-interest standards will depend on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moving forward to implement the federal Sunshine law, which is now more than a year behind schedule. Industry, consumers and academic stakeholders are all waiting on CMS to issue a final rule." Source: Pharmalot |
Conflicts of Interest, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Nov 27, 2012 |
1993 Pew Scholar Profiled by Boston Globe The Boston Globe featured a story on 1993 Pew Biomedical Scholar Rudy Tanzi, a “rock star of science.” The story profiled Dr. Tanzi, who is best known for discovering genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, and explained how his diverse interests—including rock music—are all bolstered by the same willingness to risk failure and explore fresh ideas. Source: The Boston Globe |
Biomedical Research |
| Nov 21, 2012 |
''Report Says FDA Needs Workforce Improvements'' In 2007, an agency panel found that the FDA’s "scientific workforce does not have sufficient capacity and capability" and the agency is "not positioned to meet current or emerging regulatory responsibilities." The Pew Charitable Trusts wanted to know if that’s still the case, and asked the Partnership for Public Service to find out. "FDA has made progress," says the Partnership’s report, but the agency "continues to have significant workforce and management challenges in the scientific and medical arenas that need to be addressed." Source: The Washington Post |
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| Nov 13, 2012 |
''Southeast paying health price for high antibiotic use'' "And a new survey out today from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows 79% of adults know they can harm their own health by taking unneeded antibiotics." Source: USA Today |
Antibiotic Innovation |
| Nov 13, 2012 |
''Many Americans Still in the Dark About Antibiotic Resistance'' ''Americans are not as smart about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance as they should be, a new poll shows. For instance, although almost 90 percent of Americans know that antibiotics are effective for treating bacterial infections, more than a third also erroneously believed the drugs can fight viral infections such as the common cold or the flu." Source: U.S. News & World Report |
Antibiotic Innovation |
| Nov 1, 2012 |
''Study finds healthy snacks still limited in some U.S. schools'' ''Students in states such as Connecticut and West Virginia have limited access to junk food like candy and chocolate on school grounds while those in Louisiana and Idaho can buy it in abundance, according to an analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.'' Source: Reuters |
School Food |
| Nov 1, 2012 |
Snacks Sold in School Include Many Fried, Sweet, Salty Options "In the war on unhealthy snacks sold in schools, the opposition just launched another missile. In a new report, researchers at the Kids' Safe & Healthful Foods Project find that the majority of American children live in states where less-than-healthy snacks are readily available. And more nutritious options, such as fruits and vegetables, are harder to come by for those same kids." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Oct 29, 2012 |
Toxicology: The learning curve Researchers say that some chemicals have unexpected and potent effects at very low doses — but regulators aren't convinced.Source: Nature |
Food Additives |
| Oct 12, 2012 |
''Is Psychiatry Committing 'Professional Suicide'?'' During a session at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting on conflicts of interest, experts delved into the link between psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. While several speakers at the session pointed out that other specialties are similarly entangled with industry, "everyone does it" is generally not a valid defense where conflicts of interest are concerned. Source: |
Conflicts of Interest |
| 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 |
| Oct 2, 2012 |
''Let Them Eat Veggies: School Lunch Gets a Makeover'' ''School lunches are getting an extreme makeover. Gone are fried tater tots, chicken nuggets, chocolate milk, and pepperoni pizza. In their place are heaps of whole grains, veggies, fruits, and low-fat dairy products, along with baked versions of formerly fried favorites such as chicken nuggets or fish sticks." Source: WebMD |
School Food |
| Oct 2, 2012 |
New Federal Guidelines Impact School Cafeterias "In school cafeterias across the country, students are seeing big changes on their lunch trays. Responding to the growing childhood obesity epidemic, the USDA approved new rules for the federal school lunch program, the first such changes to student lunches in more than a decade." Source: National Public Radio |
School Food |
| Oct 2, 2012 |
''FDA Stakeholders Worry About Sequestration'' "Representatives from the FDA and industry expressed serious concerns about the potential impact of sequestration Monday, saying it's not a good time to shortchange the agency when it's under so much pressure to help bring innovative new drugs to market." Source: POLITICO |
Medical Safety |
| Oct 2, 2012 |
''FDA Chief Says Scarce Funding Hobbles Sweeping Food Safety Regulations'' "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is having difficulty implementing expansive new rules to improve food safety, nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed the standards into law, because of a lack of funding. FDA chief Margaret Hamburg said the implementation process has been slow because Congress has not provided sufficient funds to meet the law's ambitious demands." Source: Reuters |
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| Sep 25, 2012 |
''Peanut Butter Recall Widens To Other Nut Butters After Salmonella Outbreak'' Late Friday, Trader Joe's announced a voluntary recall of its Salted Valencia Peanut Butter because it may have been contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella. These recalls remind us that much of our food chain is dependent on just a handful of suppliers. More consumers are affected when fewer companies supply a larger portion of the market says Sandra Eskin, project director of the food safety campaign at the Pew Health Group. Source: National Public Radio |
Food Safety |
| Sep 21, 2012 |
''Report: State Prescription Monitoring Programs Falling Short'' "Forty-nine states, including Maine, now operate a prescription monitoring program - or are putting one in place - to track the powerful pain medication dispensed by pharmacies. These databases have already helped in the fight to curtail diversion and abuse of prescribed opioids. But the way they operate - and how the data they collect gets used - varies widely from state to state." Source: The Maine Public Broadcasting Network |
Medical Safety |
| Sep 19, 2012 |
''Foodborne Illness Victim Becomes a Poster Child For Change'' Since the 2006 death of two-year-old Kyle Allgood, his parents have become advocates for better food safety regulations. They are currently involved in a campaign to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act, a law signed by President Barack Obama in January 2011. Source: Boise Weekly |
Food Safety |
| Sep 17, 2012 |
Expert Discusses Changes to School Lunch Programs Jessica Donze Black of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project recently appeared on C-SPAN to talk about recent changes to the operating costs of school lunch programs. Topics included the history of the program, the role of the Agriculture Department, qualifications for participants, and nutritional requirements. Source: C-SPAN |
School Food |
