Press Releases
Press Releases
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| Jul 12, 2011 |
Pew Finds Serious Gaps in Oversight of U.S. Drug Safety Americans’ medicines are increasingly manufactured in developing countries, where oversight is lower than in the U.S., according to a new white paper by the Pew Health Group. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates 40 percent of finished drugs and 80 percent of active ingredients and bulk chemicals used in U.S. drugs come from overseas. |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Jul 14, 2011 |
Top Latin American Scientists Named 2011 Pew Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences The Pew Charitable Trusts named 10 outstanding early-career scientists to be Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Aug 15, 2011 |
New Program Will Make HIA More Routine Part of Local Health Departments' Work The Health Impact Project and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announced today a request for applications from local health departments to participate in the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Mentorship Project. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| Sep 26, 2011 |
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced that The California Endowment will support up to two health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrations in California. The Health Impact Project’s work to promote the use of HIAs around the country closely aligns with the Endowment’s efforts to improve community health in California. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| Oct 18, 2011 |
Hidden or Unexpected Fees Cited as Top Reason Working Poor Close Bank Accounts “Hidden or unexpected fees” were cited as the number one reason Greater Los Angeles’ working poor – those who are employed yet remain in relative poverty– closed bank accounts in the past year, surpassing job loss or lack of money, according to a survey of predominately Hispanic, low-income households released by the Pew Health Group’s Safe Banking Opportunities Project. |
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| Oct 18, 2011 |
Los "cargos ocultos o inesperados" fueron mencionados como la razón principal por la cual los trabajadores pobres del Gran Los Ángeles, aquellos que tienen empleo pero que incluso así permanecen en pobreza relativa, cerraron cuentas de banco el pasado año, por encima de razones como la pérdida del empleo o la falta de dinero, según una encuesta en hogares predominantemente hispanos y de bajos ingresos dada a conocer por el Safe Banking Opportunities Project (Proyecto Oportunidades para Banca Segura) del Pew Health Group. |
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| Oct 19, 2011 |
Pew Supports Antibiotics Innovation Bill in Senate Sharon Ladin, director of the Pew Health Group’s Antibiotics and Innovation Project, issued the following statement regarding the bipartisan, bicameral Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act, introduced today by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.). The bill is a companion to H.R. 2182 and contains provisions to incentivize the creation of new antibiotics to combat serious drug-resistant infections. |
Antibiotic Innovation |
| Oct 26, 2011 |
Food Chemical Regulations Rely Heavily on Industry Self-Policing and Lack Transparency Safety decisions concerning one-third of the more than 10,000 substances that may be added to human food were made by food manufacturers and a trade association without review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to an analysis spearheaded by the Pew Health Group. |
Food Additives |
| 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 |
| Nov 7, 2011 |
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced today that The Kresge Foundation will support two health impact assessments (HIAs) to inform decisions in the housing sector. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Nov 18, 2011 |
Pew Food Safety Campaign Statement on FDA Funding Legislation Congress’ decision to increase appropriations for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by $39 million provides an important down payment toward the implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was enacted in January. This law, adopted with strong bipartisan support, will strengthen how the federal government oversees the safety of 80 percent of the food supply.
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Food Hazards |
| Nov 18, 2011 |
Pew School Foods Project Statement on Department of Agriculture Funding Bill “We are disappointed that the final Agriculture Appropriations bill now includes provisions that could undermine the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposal to establish science-based nutrition standards for school meals," said Jessica Donze Black, project director for the Pew Health Group’s School Foods Project, in a statement. |
School Food |
| Dec 14, 2011 |
CMS: Affordable Care Act Sunshine Rule Increases Transparendy in Health Care The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS ) announced today a proposed rule that will increase public awareness of financial relationships between drug and device manufacturers and certain health care providers. |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Dec 15, 2011 |
Kohl and Grassley to hold hearing on Physician Payments Sunshine Act Implementation On Thursday, December 15, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) will convene a hearing entitled, “Parting the Clouds: Implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.” |
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| Jan 4, 2012 |
Pew Applauds FDA Measure to Preserve Effectiveness of Critical Antibiotics The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming today praised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for limiting the use of cephalosporins in food animal production. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jan 5, 2012 |
The rezoning around a planned light rail line in the Twin Cities would create both opportunities and potential risks for the health of the people in the communities it would pass through, according to a health impact assessment (HIA) released today by PolicyLink, TakeAction Minnesota, and ISAIAH, a nonprofit coalition of 90 congregations of various faiths in the Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Cloud region. The HIA was made possible through a grant by the Health Impact Project, which is a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 13, 2012 |
We commend the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry for working together on agreements that support the agency’s review activities. Under PDUFA, the FDA has reduced the time it takes to approve new drugs. |
Drug Safety, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Jan 25, 2012 |
USDA Finalizes Healthy School Meal Standards “We applaud the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for issuing final guidance to help schools across the country serve healthier meals to students. The updated nutrition standards for school meals are now in line with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the federal government’s evidence-based guidance to promote health, reduce the risk of chronic diseases and decrease the prevalence of obesity." |
School Food |
| Feb 15, 2012 |
Pew Urges Congress to Pass Medical Device User Fee Act and Improve Marketplace Monitoring We applaud the FDA and the medical device industry for reaching an agreement that will spur the innovation of new therapies for improving health and saving lives. |
Drug Safety, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Mar 1, 2012 |
A Step Forward for Food Safety in School Meals The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) took a step toward improving school food safety and reducing students’ risk of foodborne illness when top officials signed a new agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). |
School Food |
| Mar 5, 2012 |
Grants Awarded to Help Build Health into Decisions on Energy, Housing, Agriculture, and Other Areas "The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced the awardees of 15 new grants today. Selected following a nationwide call for proposals, the grantees will conduct health impact assessments (HIAs), a type of study that looks at potential health impacts of policies and projects in other sectors." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Apr 19, 2012 |
Voters Want Healthy Snacks in Schools "Eighty percent of American voters favor national nutrition standards that would limit calories, fat and sodium in snack and à la carte foods sold in U.S. schools and encourage the consumption of fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy items, according to a new poll." |
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 |
