Health & Human Services

AARP, Weinberg Foundations Commit $10.5 Million for Skilled Nursing Care Model

Release Date:

07/17/2013

The AARP Foundation and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation have announced commitments totaling $10.5 million to the Green House Project, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to provide high-quality skilled nursing care to low-income...

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Health & Human Services

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From Health-Care Reform, Lessons for Education Policy

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07/09/2013

An op-ed by Greg Anrig, Vice President of Policy and Programs at The Century Foundation.

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Education

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Susan G. Komen Names Dr. Judith Salerno as President and Chief Executive Officer

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07/01/2013

Susan G. Komen’s Board of Directors has named Judith A. Salerno, M.D., M.S., as the organization’s new President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Women & Girls

Komen Cancels 2014 Fundraising Events in Seven Cities

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06/07/2013

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has cancelled the Race for the Cure events due to economic uncertainty and competition from other nonprofits.

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Women & Girls

Milbank Memorial Fund Announces New Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly

Release Date:

06/03/2013

Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., will become Editor-in-Chief of The Milbank Quarterly on October 1, 2013, succeeding Bradford H. Gray, Ph.D., Editor since 2000.

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Dana Laventure Joins New York State Health Foundation

Release Date:

06/03/2013

Dana Laventure has joined the staff of the New York State Health Foundation as its new Communications Associate.

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The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

Release Date:

06/01/2013

The Commonwealth Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. (Fund President Dr. David Blumenthal is also quoted in this article.)