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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that ... 400,000 people each year, mostly children age 5 and under in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is spread...

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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

... adaptation – the first visual function for incident AMD in older adults with normal macular health and early AMD. ... for preventing AMD or stopping its progression early in the disease when sight could be...

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Bloomberg Launches Corporate and Philanthropic Effort to Support Successful Climate Progress at COP26

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09/01/2021

Bloomberg Launches Corporate and Philanthropic Effort to Support Successful Climate Progress at COP26 London, UK and ... and educational efforts over the next eight weeks in the lead up to November. In...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

... Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored ... disease, and they confer health benefits and are used in the food and drug industries...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

... Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the...

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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

... compound that activates only that receptor, a key step in the development of new pain medications. A release from the university notes that the research, published in January 2018 the journal Cell, shows a...

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A New Study Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect

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02/07/2018

... Reveals that Antioxidant Therapy Prevents Vision Loss in Rare Birth Defect A new study led by vision researchers at ... to the current standard-of-care prevented vision loss in an animal model of a rare...

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With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is Evolving to Honor Those Sickened

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05/31/2018

With Support From Bloomberg Philanthropies The 9/11 Memorial is ... of the 9/11 attacks persists more than 16 years later in the spate of life-threatening illnesses and the ... the glade at the southwest side of...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

... Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer's disease ... an eye exam. Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors'...

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Carnegie Corporation Supported Report Finds America's $23 Billion School Funding Gap

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02/26/2019

... predominantly white and nonwhite schools was starker. In fact, despite pivotal finance rulings, school funding in New Jersey, California, and New York remains among the most inequitable in...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

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08/12/2019

... can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just a tiny fraction of them. In an effort to define precisely the location of the...

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Study Supported By The Helmsley Charitable Trust Reveals Path to Normalize Blood Pressure Following Spinal Cord Injury

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03/19/2018

... health, their quality of life and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy. 'People with severe spinal cord injury - especially when it occurs in a higher level in the spine -...

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