Press Releases
Press Releases
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| Jun 17, 2010 |
Promising Latin American Biomedical Scientists Named 2010 Pew Fellows The Pew Charitable Trusts today named 10 gifted biomedical researchers as 2010 Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Biomedical Research |
| Jun 8, 2010 |
RWJF and Pew Award Six Grants to Examine the Impact of Policy on People’s Health The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced more than $1 million in grants to six projects that will conduct health impact assessments at the state and local levels. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| May 10, 2010 |
The Produce Safety Project today issued a report that examines the steps taken by select European Union (EU) countries to reform their food safety data collection and analysis systems since the 1990s. Authored by Michael Batz, head of Food Safety Programs, Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr., director at the Institute, the report, "Building the Science Foundation of a Modern Food Safety System," looks at European countries with strong food safety systems and makes a number of recommendations on how to improve those in the United States. |
Food Safety |
| Apr 28, 2010 |
Laura Rogers, project director of the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, issued the following statement today, commenting on a hearing of the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health, where representatives of the Obama administration are expected to present testimony regarding the need to protect Americans from the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 22, 2010 |
Pew Prescription Project Statement on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act Allan Coukell, director of the Pew Prescription Project, issued the following statement today, commending Congress for including provisions from the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in health care reform legislation. The provisions would require drug and device companies to publicly report the gifts and payments they make to doctors. |
Conflicts of Interest |
| Mar 10, 2010 |
Pew Statement On House Hearing Regarding FDA Drug Safety Reforms Allan Coukell, director of the Pew Prescription Project, issued the following statement today, commenting on a hearing at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, where Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua M. Sharfstein is expected to present testimony regarding the agency’s ability to protect Americans from unsafe drugs made overseas. |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Mar 10, 2010 |
Statement on Congressional Hearing Regarding FDA Drug Safety Reforms Allan Coukell, director of the Pew Prescription Project, issued the following statement today, commenting on a hearing at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, where Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua M. Sharfstein is expected to present testimony regarding the agency's ability to protect Americans from unsafe drugs made overseas. |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Mar 2, 2010 |
Alternatives to Routine Antibiotic Use in Food Animals Talk with Bill Niman, founder of Niman Ranch; Steve Ells, co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill; and other successful livestock producers and businesspeople who sustain profitable ventures based on antibiotic-free meat production. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 2, 2010 |
Foodborne Illness Costs Nation $152 Billion Annually - Nearly $39 Billion Loss Attributed to Produce Acute foodborne illnesses cost the United States an estimated $152 billion per year in healthcare, workplace and other economic losses, according to a report published today by the Produce Safety Project (PSP). |
Food Safety |
| Feb 16, 2010 |
Pew Finds Credit CARD Act Will Save Consumers Billions The Credit CARD Act of 2009, with major provisions taking effect this month, will save American cardholders billions of dollars by banning unfair or deceptive practices, according to research from the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project. |
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| Jan 25, 2010 |
Obama Proposes More Affordable Student Loan Payments “The student loan proposal announced by the President today could not come at a better time, as the weak economy and high unemployment are making it harder than ever for people to make monthly payments on their student loans." |
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| Jan 14, 2010 |
Pew Commends the Federal Reserve’s Latest Rules on the Credit CARD Act of 2009 Nick Bourke, project manager for the Pew Safe Credit Cards Project, today issued the following statement in response to the latest rules under the Credit CARD Act of 2009. |
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
Pew: Enactment of Landmark Legislation Will Limit Dangers in the U.S Food Supply “Congress and President Obama should be applauded for enacting historic food safety legislation that will provide the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with improved authorities to oversee the safety of the nation’s food supply and prevent foodborne illness. This reform is the first major update to the law in over 70 years..."
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Food Hazards |
| Dec 15, 2009 |
New Default Rate Data for Federal Student Loans: 44% of Defaulters Attended For-Profit Institutions Yesterday the U.S. Department of Education released a preview of college “cohort default rates” for federal student loans using a more robust methodology that will take effect in 2011. |
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| Nov 12, 2009 |
Make Our Food Safe for the Holidays Over the next several weeks, the U.S. Senate has an historic opportunity to take a major step toward improving food safety for all Americans. |
Food Hazards |
