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Commonwealth Fund Report Reveals that Americans Spend More on Health Care, But Fare Worse

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10/09/2015

... shows that money doesn't buy everything when it comes to health care in the United States. When compared to 12 other industrialized nations, Americans shelled out the ... Fund President Dr. David...

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Tiffany & Co.’s Costa on Huffington Post: Oceans Face Dire Threats

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10/16/2015

... explorer Sylvia Earle titled her book The World Is Blue to make a point: Without our oceans, there is no life. "No ... for many of the pleasures we experience in life -- from travel to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... investment in a Utah preschool program had helped 109 “ at -risk” kindergartners avoid special education. The ... Street firm, the first of many payments that is expected from the investment. . . Yet since the...

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Johnson & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in Health-related Fields

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11/12/2015

Johnson & Johnson to Provide Scholarships for Rutgers Students in ... the university has received its first official gift to mark the occasion – a pledge of up to $50,000 from...

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Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation

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03/10/2016

Bloomberg Report: 'Data Gap' at City Halls Across the Nation Limited training and resources hamper city efforts to use data-based decisionmaking in public safety, economic ... What Works Cities...

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Several NY Donor Families Among Millionaires Asking for Tax Raise on the Wealthy

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03/23/2016

... More than 40 millionaires on Monday asked New York state to raise taxes on the wealthy, under what they called a “1% ... tax fairness”. “As New Yorkers who have contributed to and benefited from...

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Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit

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04/18/2016

Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit Food Tank, in partnership with ... two-day event will feature more than 75 different speakers from the food and agriculture...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Obamacare Is Helping Millions Get Needed Healthcare

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05/25/2016

... some cost challenges and an ongoing Republican campaign to discredit the law. Overall, 82% of American adults ... were “somewhat” or “very” satisfied, according to the report from the...

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Scherman, Altman, Lily Auchincloss, NY Community Trust and Supporters Launch QueensWay Design Phase

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06/06/2016

... Rail Road—a 3.5-mile, 47-acre swath of the borough, from Rego Park to Ozone Park—into a $120 million public park, similar to the Highline in Chelsea, boasting trails and amenities. ...

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Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge

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06/20/2016

... Challenge, a competition that encourages cities to generate bold ideas that solve urban challenges and improve city life – and have potential to spread. The finalists, hailing from 10...

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Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika

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08/19/2016

... Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers at the...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less

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08/31/2016

... adults with chronic illnesses that limit their ability to care for themselves spend more than $21,000 per person for ... Despite that higher spending, however, a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund finds...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Details its Mission-Aligned and Impact Investment Strategy

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09/16/2016

... serve as resources for other institutions who are looking to do the same. The section also includes the ... investing, both drafted with thoughtful input from members of its board, Investment Committee,...

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

... Philanthropies has announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to expand its women's economic development program in Rwanda ... will enable an additional twenty thousand women...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease

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10/05/2016

... recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy. His initial work, first started ... human beings, which could fundamentally change everything from the way we treat...

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Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund

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10/21/2016

... hospitals have argued that medical records belong to the health care provider, not the patient, Siegal said. They were hesitant to share the records for fear of malpractice, and to protect...

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Senior Advisor to Pinkerton Writes Editorial: How Do We Become One Nation?

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11/08/2016

Senior Advisor to Pinkerton Writes Editorial: How Do We Become One Nation? How does America come back from the most bitter, nasty and divisive presidential ... Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, Donald Trump...

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NYS Health's Derek Coy Explores the Role of Private-Public Partnerships in Serving Veterans

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11/11/2016

... reintegrate into the communities where they will continue to serve. Unfortunately, when the media and conventional ... notion that veterans as a group are broken, it contributes to the stigma many veterans...

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Rockefeller Family Fund Calls ExxonMobil’s Conduct ‘Morally Reprehensible’

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11/29/2016

... “For over a quarter-century, the company tried to deceive policymakers and the public about the realities of climate change, protecting its profits at the cost of immense damage to life on...

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