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Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries

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07/05/2014

... for treatment in 11 countries. In contrast, the U. S . fares much better when it comes to wait times for ... hospitals and doctors, such as knee-replacements, M.R.I. s or Botox injections. Experts say that wait...

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Bloomberg Says His Work Is About "Saving Lives"

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07/14/2014

... building a better mosquito. Traffic deaths. Maternal health in Tanzania." He also said his campaign against the .....

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

... work across sectors such as affordable housing, education, health care, and workforce development," they write. .....

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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

... writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post. As the state moves ...

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OSF Founder Soros Instrumental in Advancing Drug Reform Policies in the United States

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10/03/2014

... pound in 1992, into his Open Society Foundations. It’ s now a philanthropic powerhouse that has given about $11 billion towards causes including public health , human rights and drug reform through his lifetime...

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MetLife Foundation Increases Access to Online Capital for Small Businesses

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02/27/2015

... to Online Capital for Small Businesses The Accion U. S . Network, the largest nonprofit micro- and small business ... access capital and education online and achieve business health and growth. The platform –...

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Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund

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03/17/2015

... Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund Deutsche Bank’ s Global Social Finance Group today announced the closing of ... debt financing to social enterprises in the energy, health and Base of the Pyramid...

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Bloomberg Announces Winners of Genesis Generation Challenge

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04/29/2015

... projects guided by Jewish values to address the world' s pressing issues. Each team selected as a winner of the ... Winning project concepts focus on subjects such as public health , education, cross-...

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John A. Hartford Foundation Partners with YMCA to Prevent Diabetes

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06/12/2015

... the John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) to deliver the YMCA' s Diabetes Prevention Program to older adults. The program ... 70 percent, also offering the possibility for lowering health care expenditures...

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John A. Hartford Helps Expand Program to Support Older Hospitalized Adults

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09/01/2015

... designed to replicate the local program. The program’ s premise is older adults hospitalized with hip fractures ... policy at Alpert Medical School and the School of Public Health of Brown University, are...

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John A. Hartford Foundation: 'Hospital at Home' Prevents Complications

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10/13/2015

... City–based private philanthropy working to improve the health of older Americans. "They commonly experience things .....

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Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’ s What Older People Want We already know what older people ... boundaries. It requires the involvement of both health care and community-based service providers; a...

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De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)

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12/08/2015

De Blasio Enlists New York City' s Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley) ... with affordable housing, youth employment and mental health . “We may not agree on individual issues but .....

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New Biomarker Identifies Uveal Melanoma Patients At High Risk For Metastasis (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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03/07/2016

... The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health , the National Cancer Institute, Research to Prevent ...

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Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’s Role in Child Welfare Services

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05/24/2016

Casey Family Programs Evaluates Housing’ s Role in Child Welfare Services The national effort ... in the Child Welfare System” and launched by the U. S . Administration on Children, Youth and Families, a total of...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... Composer-in-Residence In collaboration with New York’ s Music-Theatre Group, Opera Philadelphia is proud to ... Foundation, the three-year program fosters tomorrow’ s American operatic masterpieces through...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’ s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight ... of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’ s most outspoken champions of those schools. The...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

... private individuals as its impact on both environmental health , food security as well as bottom lines — companies ... of any human activity, yet one-third of the world’ s available food either spoils or gets...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

... a new study from the University of Virginia Children' s Hospital suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may ... babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually...

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