SPH in the News for the Week of May 28

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted in the Washington Post about her research, Project Eating Among Teens, that proves the benefits of eating meals together as a family.
• Michael Osterholm was quoted in The Boston Globe about the avian flu.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

• Michael Osterholm was interviewed by National Public Radio discussing the public health dilemma concerning a man with a drug-resistant type of tuberculosis who recently flew on a commercial airplane.
• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted in the Boston Herald and The Ann Arbor News 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, May 31, 2007

• Michael Osterholm was quoted in USA Today about the importance of pandemic disaster planning in response to a man with a drug-resistant type of tuberculosis who recently flew on a commercial airplane. A second article was published by the Associated Press in which Osterholm was quoted about public health laws in relation to infectious disease cases. This article has appeared in the Columbus Dispatch and the Seattle Times.

Friday, June 1, 2007

• Lynn Blewett was quoted in Governing Magazine about the lack of jurisdiction states have over self-insured companies and their workers’ benefits.
• Catherine Zimmel was quoted in the Star Tribune about a new law that requires K-12 schools to eliminate products that contain mercury from their buildings by 2009.