Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Aug 20, 2010 |
''Second Farm Recalls Ten Million Eggs'' ''A second Iowa farm, which ships to stores in 14 states, is recalling at least 10 million eggs that are possibly tainted with salmonella.''
Source: CBS News |
Food Safety |
| Jul 27, 2012 |
"There are serious weaknesses in a system that allows firms to self-affirm the safety of food ingredients without the approval or knowledge of regulators, according to researchers conducting a probe into the nation’s food additives law." Source: Food Navigator |
Food Additives |
| May 24, 2012 |
''Senate bill aims to increase drug import safety'' "U.S. regulators would inspect more drug manufacturing facilities in China, India and other foreign countries as part of legislation approved Thursday that aims to step up oversight of the nation's imported pharmaceutical supply." Source: Associated Press |
Drug Safety |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Senate Moves Closer to Law to Prevent More Pharmacy Outbreaks'' "At least 67 people have died in 20 outbreaks caused by contaminated drugs since 2001, experts told a Senate hearing Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration says there have likely been more cases than that, but they have no way of telling now." Source: NBC News |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Sep 24, 2008 |
''Senate OKs Foster Care Reform; Bush to Get Bill'' Michigan's foster children may get three more years of help from the federal government -- to age 21 -- and aunts, uncles, grandparents and other relative caregivers may be in line, too, for some financial aid. Source: Detroit Free Press |
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| May 23, 2013 |
''Senate Panel Approves Tighter Oversight of Compounding Pharmacies, but Bill is Under Fire'' Public health and consumer advocacy groups are attacking Senate legislation designed to tighten oversight of specialized pharmacies such as the one at the center of this past fall’s deadly meningitis outbreak, saying it does not adequately address health risks. Source: The Washington Post |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Sep 9, 2011 |
''Senate panel wants quick FDA action on drug-resistant diseases'' "The agriculture spending bill that Senate appropriators unanimously approved Wednesday directs regulators to hurry up with their recommendations for limiting the use of antibiotics in farm animals." Source: The Hill -- Healthwatch |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| May 10, 2013 |
''Senators Say They Are Close to Writing a Final Pharmacy Compounding Bill'' "U.S. senators considering fundamental changes to how the practice of pharmacy compounding is regulated heard almost unanimous support for reform at a Washington committee hearing Thursday." Source: The Kansas City Star |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jun 14, 2011 |
''Senators Seek More Disclosure For Business Credit Cards'' "Four Senators today called for more disclosure on business credit card offers so cardholders will understand that business cards are not protected by the same laws as regular consumer cards that bar practices like retroactive interest rate hikes." Source: Bloomberg Businessweek |
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| May 11, 2005 |
''Seven Pew Biomedical Scholars are Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators'' "Launched in 1985, the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides four years of crucial support to fifteen investigators in the early to mid stages of their careers who show outstanding promise in the basic and clinical sciences. This year seven Pew Scholars, along with 36 other promising biomedical scientists, were named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators." Source: HHMI News |
Biomedical Research |
| May 9, 2013 |
Seven Pew Scholars Named HHMI Investigators On May 9, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced that 27 of the nation’s top biomedical researchers—including seven Pew scholars—will become HHMI investigators and will receive the flexible support necessary to move their research in creative new directions. The Pew scholars named HHMI investigators are Peter Baumann (2003), Michael Dyer (2004), Nicole King (2004), Tirin Moore (2004), Dyche Mullins (2000), Michael Rape (2007), and Rachel Wilson (2005). Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
Biomedical Research |
| May 16, 2011 |
"In the wake of the heparin scandal, FDA admitted that rampant globalization in drug manufacturing has outstripped the agency’s resources for inspecting foreign facilities." Source: Chemical and Engineering News |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Nov 16, 2005 |
''Shoppers Uneasy About Cloning'' Two-thirds of American consumers are "uncomfortable" with animal cloning and 43 percent believe food from clones would be unsafe to eat, according to a new poll that comes as the government considers allowing products from clones into the food supply. Source: Washington Post |
Food Safety |
| May 19, 2011 |
''Should You Sign Up for a 'Professional' Card?'' "Credit-card issuers are marketing so-called professional cards—formerly reserved for small-business owners or executives—to individuals, a new report says." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
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| Apr 18, 2013 |
''Six Cent Increases Funding for School Nutrition'' "Marty Tatara has succeeded with 'Six Cent For Child' certification, which will increase federal funding for nutrition in Madison City Schools." Source: Madison County Record |
School Food |
| Jul 9, 2013 |
Snack Food Calories Restricted Jessica Donze Black, director of the Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, speaks with Education Week about new rules to restrict calories in snack foods and beverages sold in schools. Source: Education Week |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Aug 18, 2009 |
''Starting Thursday, Credit Card Users Get More Rights'' "The first phase of the landmark credit card legislation signed by President Obama in May will take effect this week, forcing card issuers to give consumers more time to pay their bills and to consider interest rate increases." Source: The Washington Post |
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| May 10, 2013 |
''State Pharmacy Boards Back More FDA Oversight'' "State pharmacy officials on Thursday threw their support behind a proposal giving the Food and Drug Administration authority over large compounding pharmacies, in an effort to head off more outbreaks tied to contaminated medications." Source: The Huffington Post |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Apr 20, 2013 |
''State Schools Set to Implement Updated USDA Guidelines'' "The USDA is updating the existing nutritional food standards set in 1979, which will require all snack foods sold in public schools to meet new health standards." Source: New Britain Herald |
School Food |
| Jul 18, 2008 |
''States Battle Mortgage Foreclosure Threat'' "Frustrated by the slow pace of federal relief, states around the country are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into their own programs to stem the rising tide of home foreclosures." Source: USA Today |
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| Jul 17, 2008 |
''Story corps for scientists'' "Nobel prize-winning geneticist Joshua Lederberg, liposome pioneer and essayist Gerald Weissmann, Lasker Prize-winning microbiologist Carol Greider—these are only a smattering of the scientists whose thoughts, reflections, and tribulations have been recorded in oral histories as part of the Pew Oral History Project, a recently-forged collaboration between the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Chemical Heritage Foundation." Source: The Scientist Magazine |
Biomedical Research |
| Jan 30, 2008 |
''Studies: 'Money Better Spent Helping Family Than on Foster Care'' Shifting more money to help families -- whose children otherwise would be taken away by social agencies -- would help save on the billions of dollars child abuse costs the country each year, a study released Tuesday shows Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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| 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 |
