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New Partnership To Support Pain And Palliative Care For Veterans

Release Date:

06/09/2014

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare has announced a partnership with The Mayday Fund and The Milbank Foundation to support doctoral nursing students focusing their studies on pain and palliative care for veterans.

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The Mayday Fund

Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks

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06/06/2014

During her address on Thursday to the National Soda Summit, an event supported in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies, a Connecticut Congresswoman said she is working on legislation to tax sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before the Affordable Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.

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Submissions Sought for 25th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York

Release Date:

06/05/2014

[New York State Health Foundation] United Hospital Fund, GNYHA Foundation and the Planning Committee for the 25th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York invite submissions for the poster session for this year’s symposium, to be held...

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Morgan Stanley Launches Healthy Cities

Release Date:

06/04/2014

Morgan Stanley is launching Healthy Cities, a philanthropy program designed to fuel innovation in coordinating the wellness, nutrition and play resources that can underpin a child’s healthy start in life.

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Children, Youth and Families

Food Systems

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Impact Investing: Not Just For Billionaires

Release Date:

06/04/2014

[The Rockefeller Foundation] Foundations just make grants, correct? Not necessarily. Grants are becoming one option in a more complex menu of financial tools for the social sector.

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

Release Date:

06/01/2014

New York is quietly building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records, a system that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by...

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CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

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05/30/2014

The USA has the most measles cases in 20 years and the most since homegrown outbreaks were eliminated in 2000, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

Release Date:

05/29/2014

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational...

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Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?

Release Date:

05/28/2014

[Atlantic Philanthropies] A few foundations stand out as heroes in the saga of health reform. Remember when Atlantic Philanthropies bravely committed $27 million to help win passage of the Affordable Care Act? Or when the Robert Wood Johnson...