SPH Media Alert for the Week of April 17, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota

SPH Media Alert for the Week of April 17

Monday, April 17

Michael Osterholm, School of Public Health, was quoted in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post about preparation for pandemic flu.  This article also appeared in the Boston Globe.  He was also quoted over the weekend by the Canadian Press and in today’s Los Angeles Times regarding pandemic flu.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041500901.html
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/04/16/us_readying_response_to_flu_outbreak/
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/news/shownews.jsp?content=n04159A
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-flu17apr17,1,190008.story?coll=la-health-medicine

Mary Story and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, School of Public Health, were quoted in today’s Los Angeles Times regarding healthy eating habits.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-lean17apr17,1,328932.story

Thursday, April 20

Michael Osterholm, School of Public Health, was quoted in today’s Akron Beacon Journal in regards to pandemic flu.  This story ran in several other newspapers today as well.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/14385237.htm 

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, School of Public Health, was quoted by Reuters News Service about recent research that shows teenagers who go on diets or take unhealthy measures to lose weight are at a higher risk for obesity and eating disorders in the future.  This story appeared in several other newspapers and news Web sites across the country.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2006-04-19T163523Z_01_COL959637_RTRUKOC_0_US-TEENS-DIETING.xml

Friday, April 21

Marguerite Pappaioanou, School of Public Health, was quoted in today’s AgriNews about how human and animal health goes hand in hand.
http://www.agrinewspubs.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=207&ArticleID=10035

 


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