Opinions
Opinions
| Date | Opinions | Topic |
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| Jul 19, 2011 |
"To me, the biggest issue is not whether pigs are raised organically or "naturally"; it's whether they're raised well." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 24, 2012 |
A Healthy Dose of Bipartisanship Passed by Congress on June 26 and signed by President Obama on July 9, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act will increase inspections of foreign manufacturers that supply 80 percent of the ingredients in our pharmaceuticals, putting American companies on the same footing as their foreign competitors. In addition, it requires drug makers to hold their suppliers to high standards. |
Medical Safety |
| Feb 28, 2008 |
''A line between docs and drugs'' "Both the drug industry and the teaching hospitals play essential roles in modern medicine, but their functions need to be kept separate, as they will be under a policy recently unveiled by UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester." |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Dec 31, 2012 |
A New Year's Resolution: Put Animals on an Antibiotics Diet As Americans ring in the new year, many of us will resolve to get healthy. Meat and poultry producers can help -- by making a resolution to put their farm animals on an antibiotics diet. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 10, 2008 |
''A Second Chance for Children'' Children can spend months or years in foster care waiting for a permanent home, particularly those who are older or have special needs. The federal Adoption Incentive Program helps by giving states money to promote adoptions of children in foster care. But the program will expire next month unless Congress acts. |
Health Topics |
| May 24, 2009 |
''A welcome reform of credit card rules'' "Congress is throwing a rope to credit card users who have been trapped by an industry whose standard operating procedures include deceptive practices, arbitrary rules changes and crippling interest rates. The aid couldn't come at a better time." |
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| Apr 26, 2008 |
''America's Foreclosure Crisis'' "CNN's Lou Dobbs reports on the foreclosure crisis, including commentary by Susan Urahn, Managing Director of the Pew Center on the States." |
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| Dec 12, 2010 |
''America's young scientists at risk'' "Rising Above The Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 provides a troubling sequel to an influential 2005 study, which called for action and investment in 20 specific areas of science, math and engineering education, research and science and technology policy. But as the hurricane metaphor in the report's title broadcasts, our nation is more at risk than ever: "It would appear that overall the United States' long-term competitiveness outlook (read jobs) has further deteriorated," according to the blue-ribbon panel that prepared the new analysis." |
Biomedical Research |
| Aug 27, 2012 |
''An Uncontrollable Outbreak'' ''The menace posed by germs resistant to powerful antibiotics was all too apparent when a deadly, drug-resistant form of pneumonia bacteria struck the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health last year. It infected 17 patients and killed 6 of them. This disheartening episode shows again the importance of slowing the development of resistant strains by reducing rampant overuse of antibiotics — and of developing new, more effective antibiotics." |
Antibiotic Innovation |
| Apr 6, 2010 |
''The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is getting serious about the threat routine use of antibiotics in livestock poses to human health.'' |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 28, 2009 |
''Antibiotic Misuse in Animals Hurts Human Health'' "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to build public awareness regarding the dangers of people overusing antibiotics." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 6, 2012 |
''Antibiotics and agriculture'' "Federal drug regulators Wednesday announced new rules requiring farmers and ranchers to restrict their use of a critical class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Aug 15, 2009 |
"The American meat industry is addicted to antibiotics. This dates to the late 1940s, when farmers discovered that antibiotics could do more than just cure disease. Antibiotics regularly mixed into feed could help animals avoid common illnesses -- and thus grow faster as well as better withstand the crowded and sometimes unsanitary conditions on factory farms." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 6, 2010 |
''Antibiotics and meat don't mix'' "For the American public's health, it's time for the meat industry to stop administering the drugs preventively but only to animals already ill." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 28, 2013 |
''Antibiotics and the Meat We Eat'' "Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration systematically monitor the meat and poultry sold in supermarkets around the country for the presence of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. These food products are bellwethers that tell us how bad the crisis of antibiotic resistance is getting. And they’re telling us it’s getting worse." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
