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CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

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05/30/2014

CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high The USA has the most measles cases in 20 years and the most since homegrown outbreaks were ... actual count is 166 as of Thursday, according to the state Health...

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New York is building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records

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06/01/2014

... will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by avoiding redundant tests and unneeded hospital ...

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Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act

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06/05/2014

... Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their ... Institute of Technology, uses information collected in 2012 by the National Opinion...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City's Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food in otherwise underserved high-density and low-income...

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Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow

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07/17/2014

... Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and the Eat for Health initiative at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has ... world with their unique perspectives.” After the year in residence, Zigbi will join “a...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

... 100 community schools by 2018--including the first 40 in partnership with the United Way of New York City--Mayor ... attend to the needs of children with physical and mental health issues, and help tackle New...

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Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

... — on issues like gun control, immigration and public health But in recent months, Mr. Bloomberg — who still owns 88 percent ...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa Through a $1.2 million grant from the ... will gain access to safe water and improved sanitation in Kenya. In addition,...

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Century Foundation Releases New Report on Labor Market Recovery

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11/06/2014

... The unemployment rate is improving—at 5.9 percent in October, it is nearly back to its pre-recession norm. Yet ... and our belief that things are still pretty terrible? In a new report released today, TCF’s...

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Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC? When Mayor de Blasio announced plans last week to turn around 94 troubled schools in the city by linking services such as mental health...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues

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12/16/2014

... Bloomberg teamed up to highlight the power of information in helping women worldwide and to promote a joint effort to gather more data on their health , workplace roles, childbirth and other facets of their ...

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Foundations Should Push for Disclosure of Corporate ‘Welfare’ Deals

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12/18/2014

... how much revenue they lose to business tax breaks granted in the name of economic development. While many ... to them, this accounting change could be a major boon in helping channel public attention and...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... people. Coverage long considered the gold standard of health insurance now often requires workers to pay so much ...

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New Report Offers Framework to Analyze Effects of Potential Changes to the US Food System

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01/14/2015

... Research Council offers a framework for assessing the health , environmental, social, and economic effects of ...

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Bloomberg Gives $14M for Global Tobacco-Use Monitoring

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03/13/2015

... Control and Prevention to conduct tobacco-usage surveys in eleven countries. Part of the Bloomberg Initiative to ... System. Results from the survey, which will be conducted in partnership with the World...

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Johnson & Johnson Makes $30 Million Commitment to USAID to Fight Tuberculosis

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04/01/2015

... a fast-track designation, Sirtuo received FDA approval in 2012 under its accelerated approval program. Bedaquiline ... the first new classes of antibiotics approved by the FDA in close to five decades. USAID...

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Ford Foundation Funded Study Examines Priorities for Latino Millennials

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03/27/2015

... of Latino millennials said abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. However, only 27 percent thought ... a critical issue compared to 55 percent who said access to health care is more important......

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

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04/10/2015

... Genomics and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a Research to ... totaling $300,000 for research into molecular activity in the retina that initiates...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta The Ford Foundation has a keen interest in empowering women by expanding reproductive rights. But ... grant for a project that addresses...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... and innovative organizations that are catalyzing change in their respective industries. “With unrestricted endowment, we can be nimble in our decisions to support pioneering projects and game-changing...

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