Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2011 |
''New poll shows almost two-thirds of voters want better food in schools and are willing to pay up'' “Polls show that almost two thirds of American voters say the government should increase nutrition requirements for school lunches. And they’re willing to pay for it." Source: Medill Reports |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
Voters Want Healthy School Meals More than three out of four American voters—78 percent—believe that schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they serve or sell to students, and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding to meet those standards, according to a new poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Apr 11, 2011 |
''Poll: voters support improving school food standards'' “According to a poll of more than 1,000 registered voters, 78 percent believe schools should be required to meet higher nutrition standards for food they serve or sell to students and 61 percent support providing schools with more funding in order to do so." Source: Houston Chronicle |
School Food |
| Apr 7, 2011 |
''Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project Aims to Revolutionize School Cafeteria'' ''America’s children are caught in a growing problem — literally. One out of every three kids and teens now weigh in as overweight or obese. In fact, the obesity rates among children aged six to 11 have more than quadrupled over the past four decades. Childhood obesity has truly become a public health crisis of epidemic proportions.'' Source: change.org |
School Food |
| Apr 5, 2011 |
Access to safe and healthy foods is essential to protecting and promoting health. Consider that, over the past four decades, childhood obesity rates in the United States have risen rapidly, more than quadrupling among children ages 6 to 11 and more than tripling among teens. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Mar 28, 2011 |
''How drug reps influence doctors'' According to the Pew Prescription Project, a project of the Pew Charitable Trusts, whose goal is to promote drug safety for consumers, the pharmaceutical industry spends about $7 billion a year on drug detailing.
Source: Salon PopRx Blog |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Conflicts of Interest |
| Mar 15, 2011 |
On the Record: CNBC Focuses on Pew’s Investment in Biomedical Innovation In his State of the Union address this year, President Barack Obama called for increased investment to spur American innovation because “none of us can predict with certainty what the next big industry will be, or where the new jobs will come from.” In the wake of the speech, the host of CNBC’s Wall Street Journal Report, Maria Bartiromo, interviewed Rebecca Rimel, The Pew Charitable Trust’s President and CEO, and Pew Biomedical Scholars Dr. Carol Greider and Dr. Matthew Evans on the need for increased investment in America’s young scientists. Source: CNBC |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 15, 2011 |
''Investing in Biomedical Innovation - Carol Greider and Rebecca Rimel'' The host of CNBC’s “Wall Street Journal Report” Maria Bartiromo interviews Pew CEO Rebecca Rimel and Pew Biomedical Scholars Dr. Carol Greider and Dr. Matthew Evans on the need for increased investment in America’s young scientists. Source: CNBC |
Biomedical Research |
| Mar 14, 2011 |
''FDA: Another tainted drug crisis seems inevitable'' "A senior Food and Drug Administration regulator warned that another public health crisis may be inevitable because the agency can't guarantee the safety of many drugs and food products manufactured overseas." Source: CNN Money |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Feb 23, 2011 |
''House Investigates Heparin Crisis'' "The House Energy and Commerce Committee is conducting a formal investigation into the contaminated-heparin crisis of 2008, saying it wants regulators to figure out who was responsible for adulteration linked to 81 U.S. deaths." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
