Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
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| Jul 28, 2011 |
''Tight Times Boost Business Credit Cards'' ''More small companies—already struggling with weak sales and tight lending—are being forced to rely on business credit cards to provide working capital.'' Source: The Wall Street Journal |
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| Aug 24, 2010 |
"A new study from the Pew Health Group shows a growing number of low income and minority families are using alternative financial services instead of the traditional banking system." Source: National Public Radio |
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| Nov 23, 2011 |
''To Capitol Hill: End the Food Fight'' “The legislative events of last week had to surprise parents and educators who struggle to provide children with sound nutritional choices in a world often inhospitable to healthy behavior.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Mar 23, 2010 |
''Top psychiatrist calls for ethics cleanup around 'Big Pharma''' "American psychiatrists need to break away from a "culture of influence" created by their financial dealings with the drug industry, the head of the National Institute of Mental Health said in a leading medical journal." Source: Associated Press |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Nov 10, 2010 |
''Top-name drug recalls a bitter pill for consumers'' "Industry officials and experts say the rise of well-known product names on major recalls is partly due to enhanced regulatory scrutiny." Source: Reuters |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 17, 2009 |
"Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that would transform the way credit card companies and consumers interact." Source: The Washington Post |
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| Aug 5, 2008 |
''Toxic Plastic Toys Could Go the Way of the Dinosaurs'' "Children's advocates say they hope a sweeping consumer protection law passed by Congress last week will begin a broad national effort to shield youngsters from dangerous chemicals." Source: USA Today |
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| Jan 31, 2011 |
''Toxic Suspicions Could Fuel Regulatory Overhaul'' "Environmentalists want to ban BPA -- and also shift the burden of proof for all chemicals." Source: National Journal |
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| 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 |
| Sep 1, 2008 |
"The alternative financial services (AFS) industry has attracted a lot of attention lately. Virtually nonexistent in this country 20 years ago, it has grown into a $100 billion business." Source: fedgazette, The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
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| Apr 25, 2011 |
Tremendous Support for USDA School Meal Changes When it comes to school meals, adults and kids alike are ready for a change. An extraordinary number of people sent messages to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of the agency’s proposed standards to improve school meals. More than 115,000 people took action on this Web site and others, sending the message that it’s time to serve healthier foods and beverages to all students! The huge number of supportive comments clearly demonstrates that Americans urgently want to improve school meals. Source: Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project |
School Food |
| Oct 28, 2009 |
''Tricks, Not Treats -- Pew Study Finds 'Deceptive' Credit Card Practices Rising'' "Alison Howard, a single mom from Atlanta, sent her only son Bryan off to college last year for what she hoped would be a lifelong education. One lasting lesson is now burned into his brain: Beware of banks bearing special credit card offers." Source: ABC News |
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| Aug 23, 2012 |
''Turning Point: Sohini Ramachandran'' Sohini Ramachandran, a population geneticist at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, received two high-profile awards this year. In June, she was named a Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and in February, she received a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York. She plans to use the grants to distinguish herself in a fast-moving field. Source: Nature |
Biomedical Research |
| Jul 1, 2009 |
''Two States Restrict Firms' Gifts to Doctors'' "Under laws taking effect Wednesday in Massachusetts and Vermont, pharmaceutical companies and medical-device makers will be banned from giving doctors such gifts as resort trips or even coffee mugs." Source: The Wall Street Journal |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Apr 27, 2009 |
''U.S. Bracing For Swine Flu Pandemic'' ''Confirming 42 cases of swine flu in the U.S., the Obama administration said Monday it was responding aggressively as if the outbreak would spread into a full pandemic.'' Source: CBS News |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Yesterday |
''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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
