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‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

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09/15/2017

... Democrats embrace Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposal to vastly expand Medicare to cover all Americans, Republicans are fighting back with ... from Mr. Sanders’s plan in structure. The National Health...

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43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says

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09/18/2017

... getting the sex education required by the state, according to a report released on Thursday by New York City Comptroller ... the rates had been in decline for four years, according to the city's ...

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Education

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees ... States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that...

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Immigration

Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down

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09/20/2017

... Advances: Seven Indicators of New York’s Economic Health .” The Census Bureau found that real median family ... income in the city had fallen by 5.2 percent from 2008 to 2013, during and after the Great...

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High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend

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09/22/2017

... of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to strengthen the partnership with the private sector and ... partners, the event explored how smart investments in health , empowerment, education and...

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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious food. For nearly four decades, the food bank ... United States distribute millions of tons of provisions to more than 46 million people,...

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Food Systems

7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week No single story can ... consumer goods company might unveil its commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of health announces new...

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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

... for several years as a result of family issues and poor health . She now has a home in East Flatbush and is dedicated to ensuring others don’t have to undergo what she experienced. But she...

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Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding

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10/04/2017

Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding Gov. Andrew Cuomo said ... uncompensated care until it can determine an equitable way to distribute the money. Those funds include...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... involve making Anopheles mosquitoes more resistant to malaria parasites, which live in the insects and infect ... feed on human blood. Building mosquito resistance to the parasite would reduce the need for...

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As Bloomberg Hammers Away at Coal, What Might Be Next for His Climate Giving?

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10/18/2017

... Bloomberg Philanthropies recently gave another $64 million to a campaign that’s closing down coal plants in the United ... Donald Trump, that’s a perception that Bloomberg ought to be wary of as his climate...

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

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02/16/2018

... Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report successes for highly promising strategies ... carrying the malaria parasite. One promising way to prevent malaria, in addition to...

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William Bell of Casey Family Programs on Funding Early Intervention Services to Keep Families Together

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02/23/2018

... Family Programs on Funding Early Intervention Services to Keep Families Together A U.S. budget deal adopted by ... Friday includes what advocates call a landmark compromise to provide an estimated $1.5 billion...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Report Names Traffic Injuries Leading Killer of Children and Young People

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12/14/2018

... 24 seconds from a traffic-related incident, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Annually, that adds up to approximately 1.35 million fatalities caused by road ...

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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

New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related ... for incident AMD in older adults with normal macular health and early AMD. According to the Centers...

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28 Apr 2014

Meet Chancellor Carmen Fariña

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8:45am to 11:00am

... with the six EdFunder Priorities , lay out plans to implement those and other priorities, and highlight new ... collaboration and connections among schools, and attention to school culture Accountability...

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Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change with Rockefeller Funds

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04/18/2016

... has spent much of his time spearheading initiatives to tackle clima te change . At the end of March, the $130 ... the corporate descendant of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Co . Lee Wasserman Fights Climate Change...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... digital, more concepts are rolling out these days intended to upend and disrupt conventional retail with an ultimate ... wrapped up a 10-month pilot in several Bay Area locations. Co -founder and CEO Paul...

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02 May 2018

New York City Schools: Is Integration Necessary?

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... Philanthropy (CEIP) for a brown bag lunch session to discuss school segregation. The discussion will explore ... reports, editorials, and New York City’s own efforts to address school segregation. Rather than...

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