Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Nov 9, 2011 |
''Yes, More on Those Cheetos (And the News May Not Be Good)'' "I chose to lead off with this topic because I’ve long been concerned about the nutritional quality of the foods HISD offers to students for profit, in competition with the federally subsidized school meal, on the district’s a la carte lines." Source: Houston Chronicle |
School Food |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
"Frances Yap, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at SLU, won the distinction given to promising young scientists, and with it a grant of $240,000 over four years to pursue her research without restriction." Source: St. Louis Business Journal |
Biomedical Research |
| 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 |
| Aug 4, 2008 |
''Will bacteria develop resistance?'' Could the use of nanosilver products create another problem for medicine -- strains of bacteria that are resistant to silver? Although silver is not used to treat disease, it is used in hospital settings to speed wound-healing, prevent eye infections in newborns and as a coating for catheters, where it can cut infection rates. Source: Los Angeles Times |
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| Feb 4, 2008 |
''Why Voters Play Follow-the-Leader'' As millions of Americans gather to vote for presidential candidates in tomorrow's Democratic and Republican primaries, what they are really being asked to do is make a number of policy choices.
Source: Washington Post |
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| 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 |
| Aug 27, 2012 |
''Who Determines Safety of New Food Ingredients?'' "Grocery shoppers examining colorful packages bearing long lists of hard-to-pronounce ingredients might take comfort in the belief that those substances were deemed safe by the government. But that's not the case. Over the past 15 years, the vast majority of new ingredients added to U.S. food never received a safety determination from the government." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Food Additives |
| Jul 14, 2011 |
''White paper lays out reform strategy for US medicines supply chain'' "US think tank Pew Health Group has called for a wide-ranging overhaul of the US pharmaceutical distribution system, including the introduction of a federal serialisation system, in order to protect consumers from unsafe medicines." Source: Securing Pharma |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 17, 2012 |
''White House under fire for delays on food safety rules'' "Dana Dziadul and her mother, Colette, are joining other food safety advocates in urging the White House to implement provisions of a federal law that President Barack Obama signed in January 2011." Source: Chicago Tribune |
Food Hazards |
| Feb 11, 2009 |
"The Pew Health Group's Campaign for Food Safety released this ad in support of the DeLauro Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 875)." Source: Roll Call |
School Food |
| Jun 28, 2013 |
''What the New USDA Rules for Healthier School Snacks Mean for Schools'' Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods project, discusses the USDA's decision to finalize interim rules for snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Time |
School Food |
| Oct 13, 2009 |
''What Can Danish Hogs Teach Us About Antibiotics?'' "Beautiful Denmark is known throughout the world for its pastries, furniture design and ham. Yes, ham. Denmark is the largest exporter of pork in the world. The country, not much larger than Massachusetts, produces more than 26 million hogs Source: Huffington Post |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
“If they weren’t so damaging to children, congressional leaders’ explanations for their policy decisions that cater to big money interests at those children’s expense would be downright funny.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Apr 20, 2011 |
''Voters’ Attitudes On School Nutrition'' “More than 75 percent of American voters believe schools should have to meet higher nutrition standards for all foods they sell or serve students, according to a poll commissioned by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project." Source: Education Week |
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 |
| Aug 3, 2010 |
''Voters trust drugs made in USA, but few are'' "More than three out of four voters are confident that prescription drugs made in the USA are free from contamination, while fewer than one in 10 feel confident about medications made in India or China, according to a poll released today by the Pew Charitable Trust's Prescription Project." Source: USA Today |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 6, 2013 |
''Viewpoints: Schools Need to Help Kids Eat Healthy'' ''Whether we're relying on the school lunch or brown-bagging it, parents want to make sure our kids get a good, nutritious meal. Yet often the choices we make for kids can't compete against what the vending machines and à la carte lines have to offer.'' Source: The Sacramento Bee |
School Food |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
''Vanessa Ruta named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences'' "Vanessa Ruta, head of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University, has been chosen as a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts." Source: Rockefeller University Newswire |
Biomedical Research |
| May 16, 2012 |
''User Fees Clear E&C, But Waxman, Consumer Advocates Still Seek GAIN Changes'' "As FDA user fee legislation heads to the House floor, a key Democratic lawmaker called for antibiotic incentive to be focused on serious and life-threatening infections and an HHS directive to work on stewardship programs while the lead sponsor of antibiotic incentives pushed back against attempts to change the incentive structure outlined in the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now section of the bill." Source: Inside Health Reform |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Mar 16, 2008 |
''Use of Foster Care Down Across State'' "When doctors found fractures in 23-day-old Giosyra Prendes' legs and ribs and evidence of shaken-baby syndrome, Lehigh County child welfare authorities placed her in foster care..." Source: The Morning Call |
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| Feb 19, 2013 |
''USDA Wants Healthy Fare in School Vending Machines'' "The USDA proposal, authorized by the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, will require changes everywhere, said Jessica Donze Black, the director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project at the Pew Charitable Trusts, in Washington." Source: Education Week |
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 |
| 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 |
| Aug 2, 2010 |
''U.S. Regulators Lack Data on Health Risks of Most Chemicals'' "This summer, when Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks, the company blamed elevated levels of a chemical in the packaging." Source: Washington Post |
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| Today |
''U.S. House Farm Bill Would Delay Food Safety Law'' ''The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that could significantly delay implementation of sweeping new food safety legislation designed to reduce food-borne illnesses.'' Source: Reuters |
Food Safety |
