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Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It

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06/14/2017

Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen ... annual giving to individuals. The bias of most funders in favor of organizational grantees reflects a simple ... looking for breakthroughs to the...

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it’s clear ... proposed draconian cuts to the nation’s most effective health , nutrition, education, and disability programs, ... that would...

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Gender Justice

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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

... babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings. The study looked at ... average-weight counterparts. A similar finding held true in the children born prematurely,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath

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08/02/2017

Commonwealth Fund: In the Healthcare Aftermath The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has ... covering the uninsured and constraining our extraordinary health care costs will require bipartisan support. The ... strategies...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project The general public's help is being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human ... in...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth In the category of research that doesn’t tell any of us who ... they’re not doing the job for which they were hired— in particular, when the budget...

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US States Embrace Baby Boxes

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09/08/2017

... Finland has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world—a statistic often credited to its famous ... supplies to any expectant mother who signs up and comes in for a prenatal checkup. As a result,...

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Children, Youth and Families

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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

... Sanders argued for his “Medicare for all” legislation in an Op-Ed published in The New York Times on Wednesday, while his Republican ... from Mr. Sanders’s plan in structure. The National...

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

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09/18/2017

... among city teenagers is slightly rising, especially in the city's poorest neighborhoods. Previously, the rates had been in decline for four years, according to the city's Health...

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How The Rockefeller Foundation Is Bringing Electricity To Hundreds Of Villages Across India

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09/18/2017

... Of those, 290 million men, women, and children are in India, unable to power their homes, livelihoods, and their dreams. Access to energy is a critical first step in powering basic needs such as clean water,...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

... States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and Human Services that found that refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they...

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Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down

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09/20/2017

... Census Bureau last week, shows continued healthy gains in median family incomes and significant drops in poverty, especially childhood poverty, in New York City. ... Advances: Seven...

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Economic Security

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

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09/22/2017

... partners, the event explored how smart investments in health , empowerment, education and employment can reduce ...

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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... bank have provided a vital link between food and families in need. Today, more than 200 food banks across the United ... have largely defined their challenge as lack of food. In response, we have collected...

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7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

... commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of health announces new HIV drug procurement plans that could ...

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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 ... to undergo what she experienced. But she also participated...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... Angry responses to this announcement came from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other anti-smoking entities. ... their first-quarter reports showing a tenfold increase in this market. . . Nations Urged...

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

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10/04/2017

... went into effect Oct. 1 and will total $330 million in the current fiscal year and $1.1 billion in the next 18 months, according to the state. The funding ... harmful to public hospitals, such as the 11-...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease that kills more than 400,000 ... from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...

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