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Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade

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07/20/2017

The latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About 4.7 billion people – 63% of the world’s...

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Sheena Wright of the United Way of NYC Talks About Removing Silos and Saving Lives

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11/22/2016

Sheena Wright is the first woman to lead the United Way of NYC, one of the oldest and largest United Ways in the country.

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What’s Next on the Healthcare Horizon? Five Big Trends Affecting Philanthropy

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... communities? What alterations to the payment system can actually force positive social change and bring down ... the best potential to increase patient engagement and how can providers use...

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

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09/26/2017

The question now is whether more global health funders will turn their attention to helping spread these strategies of prevention to poorer countries.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Gates Foundation Releases New Virtual Reality Game to Highlight Life-Saving Innovations

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04/13/2017

This is the benefactor who built chicken coops inside a Manhattan high-rise, released mosquitoes on an unsuspecting audience, and drank purified poop water—all to make some larger point more memorable.

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Waste Not, Want Not: Drink Beer To Feed Fish And Help Save The Planet

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12/13/2017

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This Flavor-Packed Burger Saves As Many Emissions As Taking 2 Million Cars off the Road

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03/01/2018

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Cuomo, Now an Advocate for Saving NYCHA, Oversaw Public-Housing Demolition as HUD Chief

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04/23/2018

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Save the Lives of Future Kaliefs: Kalief Browder’s Brother Urges New York to End Cash Bail

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04/25/2018

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Supervised Injection Facilities Are Necessary; Adding Drug-Checking Services Would Save Even More Lives

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05/11/2018

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New Report Explores If Changing Food Production Systems Save the Health System Billions of Dollars

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05/29/2018

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New Approach to Breast Cancer Screening May Save Lives and Money, Study Says

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07/06/2018

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Their Dad Killed Himself on the Farm Where He Was Born. They Hope His Story Will Save Others

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08/22/2018

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Will NY City Council Finally Take Action to Save Small Businesses From Extinction?

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09/25/2018

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NYC Opened College Savings Accounts for Some 5-Year-Olds. Here’s How the Program Is Doing.

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10/09/2018

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Big Agriculture Helped Destroy Monarch Butterfly Habitats–Now It’s Trying to Save Them

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11/07/2018

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What We Learned from the Failure of the Rikers Island Social Impact Bond

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08/10/2015

... Bond An experiment using a Social Impact Bond (SIB) to reduce the rate at which juvenile offenders return to ... funding of programs that, if successfully delivered, will generate long-term savings...

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