Press Releases
Press Releases
| Date | Press Releases | Topic |
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| Nov 15, 2005 |
Americans’ knowledge of genetically modified (GM) foods and animals continues to remain low, and their opinions reflect that they are particularly uncomfortable with animal cloning, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. |
Food Safety |
| Sep 22, 2011 |
Antibiotics Conference Addresses Lack of New Drugs to Fight Deadly Superbugs Leaders from government, industry, academia, medicine and science today will come together to discuss one of the most pressing health challenges we face: the rising incidence of drug-resistant bacteria and the lack of new antibiotics to fight them. |
Antibiotic Innovation |
| Oct 7, 2010 |
Antibiotics Overuse: Why Healthcare Should Care about Agriculture Use Of all the antibiotics consumed each year in the U.S. only an estimated 15 percent are used for human therapy. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Sep 19, 2012 | Prescription painkillers are responsible for more fatal overdoses in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. And while most states have programs to curb abuse and addiction, a new report shows that many states do not fully analyze the data they collect. | Drug Safety |
| Jul 30, 2008 |
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) announced today that the panel will hold a business meeting on Friday morning to consider three proposals that would support vulnerable children and protect senior citizens. Baucus said the proposals would strengthen and renew adoption incentives and foster care policies, provide resources to prevent elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, and do more to protect patients receiving care in nursing homes. |
Health Topics |
| May 18, 2011 |
Business Credit Cards Place Millions of U.S. Households at Risk The Credit CARD Act of 2009, signed into law two years ago, made consumer credit cards safer and more transparent. But, its rules did not apply to cards labeled for business or commercial use, placing millions of individuals and small business owners at risk. |
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| Oct 10, 2011 |
Consider this: school meals can be healthy, affordable and appealing to kids. Hard to believe? Districts across the United States are proving it can be done.
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School Food |
| May 10, 2012 |
Chicago Public School Student-Chefs Treat Congress to Chicken Raised without Antibiotics Six high school students from the Chicago Vocational Career Academy served Congress a lunch that features chicken raised without antibiotics, just like much of the chicken now on the menu in public schools back home in Chicago. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 1, 2011 |
Chicago Public Schools Largest District to Serve Chicken Raised without Antibiotics Chicago Public Schools (CPS) today began serving local chicken raised without antibiotics to students in 473 schools. This development comes on the heels of a fresh chicken purchase direct from the USDA earlier this fall. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 29, 2008 |
Child Abuse and Neglect Cost Nation over $100 Billion per Year An economic impact analysis released today estimates the costs of child abuse and neglect to society were nearly $104 billion last year, and a companion report highlights the unavailability of federal child welfare funding for programs and services known to be effective at reducing incidences of child abuse and neglect. |
Health Topics |
