Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2012 |
''A Squeeze on Customers Ahead of New Rules'' "Banks are struggling to make money in the credit card business these days, and consumers are paying the price. Interest rates are going up, credit lines are being cut and a variety of new fees are being imposed on even the best cardholders." Source: The New York Times |
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| Feb 6, 2012 |
''Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools'' "Study finds that over a four-year period, little change was made in improving kids' diets at school." Source: Associated Press |
School Food |
| Feb 6, 2012 |
''Many U.S. kids still buy unhealthy snacks at school'' "Despite efforts to serve healthier meals to school children, roughly half of U.S. elementary school kids can buy junk food at school, a new study finds." Source: U.S. News and World Report |
School Food |
| Jan 28, 2012 |
''LA schools struggle to make healthy meals popular'' "Students at Roosevelt High School have declared a food fight to win back peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." Source: Associated Press |
School Food |
| Jan 26, 2012 |
''School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains'' "Millions of students across the country should have similar healthy options in the years to come under the first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years." Source: Kearney Hub |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''New Rules for School Meals Aim at Reducing Obesity'' "'We applaud the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing final guidance to help schools across the country serve healthier meals to students,' said Jessica Donze Black, project director for the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a joint project of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 'The updated nutrition standards for school meals are now in line with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.'" Source: The New York Times |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''First lady unveils tougher nutrition standards for school meals'' "First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday unveiled tougher nutrition standards that school meals will have to meet starting this year." Source: The Hill |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''New USDA school meal rules cut calories, salt; not potatoes'' "Long-awaited rules about what school breakfasts and lunches that cut salt and fat, limit calories, and increase servings of fruits and vegetables became final Wednesday, about a year after they were proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." Source: Education Week |
School Food |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''Would you eat this school lunch? We did - and it was good'' "It's tough to balance kids' tastes and adults' nutrition standards, but schools are finding surprising ways to make it happen." Source: Kansas City Star |
School Food |
| Jan 17, 2012 |
''FDA and drug industry agree on user-fee proposal for generics'' "The Food and Drug Administration would collect hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees from pharmaceutical companies to help speed up the review of generic drugs, under an agreement with the industry released by the agency on Friday." Source: Associated Press |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jan 17, 2012 |
Biomedical Scholars Profile: Benjamin R. tenOever On his way out of high school, Benjamin tenOever had his sights set on becoming a doctor and, in his words, “making the world a better place.” But, when he started learning about the complex structure of viruses in his basic biology courses at McGill University in Montreal, he began “to find viruses much more intriguing.” Source: |
Research Field |
| Jan 16, 2012 |
''U.S. to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors'' To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment. Source: The New York Times |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Jan 13, 2012 |
''FDA unveils user fee program for generic drugs'' "The Food and Drug Administration would collect hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees from pharmaceutical companies to help speed up the review of generic drugs ... " Source: Associated Press (as published by USA Today) |
Drug Safety, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jan 12, 2012 |
''FDA: Fungicide In Orange Juice Is Not A Health Risk'' "The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up testing of orange juice after finding traces of a chemical fungicide that is not approved for use in the United States." Source: National Public Radio |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 9, 2012 |
''FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock'' "The debate over the drug use in food animals continues as federal regulators tackle the issues of drug-resistance and shorter supplies." Source: The Los Angeles Times |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''FDA curbs use of certain antibiotics in animals'' "After long delays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an order today prohibiting certain uses of the cephalosporin class of antimicrobial drugs in cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''Citing Drug Resistance, U.S. Restricts More Antibiotics for Livestock'' Federal drug regulators announced on Wednesday that farmers and ranchers must restrict their use of a critical class of antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens, and turkeys because such practices may have contributed to the growing threat in people of bacterial infections that are resistant to treatment. Source: The New York Times |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''FDA limits some antibiotics in livestock'' "The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered farmers to limit the use of a type of antibiotics they give livestock because it could make people more resistant to a key antibiotic that can save lives, encouraging news for public health advocates who say such animal antibiotics are overused." Source: Associated Press |
Health Topics, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''Greasy to gourmet: Seattle chefs help schools trade corn dogs for couscous'' "For most of public-school history, cafeteria food was something to be endured and then forgotten immediately upon graduating. But in recent years, many parents, health advocates, and doctors have targeted school lunch as one of the aspects of our food system most in need of scrutiny and reform." Source: Grist |
School Food |
| Jan 3, 2012 |
''Is pizza a vegetable? Lessons from the fight to change the way America's school kids eat lunch'' "New regulations for school lunches, which are funded by the federal government, were proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture last month and will be officially announced in January. The new rules are based on recommendations from the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, and may take effect as early as July." Source: Deseret News |
School Food |
| 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 |
| Jan 2, 2012 |
''Salad bars are a hit at Hurst-Euless-Bedford elementary schools'' "As part of a plan to promote health, introduce children to fresh fruits and vegetables and wean them off junk food, the Hurst-Euless-Bedford district is adding salad bars to elementary schools." Source: Star-Telegram |
School Food |
| Dec 24, 2011 |
''Advocate favors new disclosure rules for payments to doctors'' "Proposed federal regulations requiring disclosure of payments by pharmaceutical companies to doctors for such activities as speaking, consulting and research were called a "good start" by an advocate for more accountability." Source: Democrat and Chronicle |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Dec 22, 2011 |
''New law will boost food safety controls'' "Consumer groups are hoping a new federal law will help shield the food chain from contaminants like the recent E. coli outbreak that sickened 60 people, including 23 in St. Louis County, and prompted a lawsuit." Source: St. Louis Beacon |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 15, 2011 |
''Implementing Health Reform: The Physician Payments Sunshine Act'' Allan Coukell, director of medical programs at The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, explains how the Physician Payments Sunshine Act might work and its likely impact on physicians and patient care. Source: Internal Medicine News |
Conflicts of Interest |
