SPH in the News for the Week of June 4

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Monday, June 4, 2007

• Michael Osterholm was quoted in the New York Times about public health surveillance and enforcement in response to the recent incident where a man with a drug-resistant type of tuberculosis flew on a commercial airplane. The article also appeared in the Barre Montpelier Times Argus. A second article was published by the Canadian Press quoting Osterholm about how easily infectious diseases spread. The article appeared in the Toronto Star, the Hamilton Spectator, Canada East, and CTV.CA.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted in an article published in the Star Tribune about her research, Project Eating Among Teens, that proves the benefits of eating meals together as a family. The article originally appeared in the Washington Post.
  

Thursday, June 7, 2007

• Robert Kane was quoted in Business Week about the lack of geriatricians and the future of geriatrics.

Friday, June 8, 2007

• Alan Bender was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio about research he will conduct examining if talconite is contributing to the high incidence in mesothelioma, a rare lung cancer, in men from northeastern Minnesota.