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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

... become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia Children's Hospital suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may want to counsel parents of high birthweight babies early on to...

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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

... being enlisted in what's thought to be the biggest study of the human microbiome—the bacteria that live in and on the human body –and are believed to affect health . The Microbiome Immunity Project is a...

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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

... Republicans are fighting back with familiar critiques of such a single-payer system. Mr. Sanders argued for his ... idea in a news conference. Here’s an assessment of their claims. The British system differs...

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

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09/18/2017

43% of City Students Not Getting Required Sex Ed Courses, Comptroller Says More than 40 percent of the city’s middle and high school students are not ... been in decline for four years, according to the city'...

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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees

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09/19/2017

Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees Trump administration officials, under pressure ... a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United...

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

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09/22/2017

... Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a ... partners, the event explored how smart investments in health , empowerment,...

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Pound Foolish

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09/22/2017

... Food banks must reject measuring their impact by pounds of food distributed and instead promote access to nutritious ... food banks across the United States distribute millions of tons of...

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Food Systems

7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

... from Global Goals Week No single story can encapsulate one of the most frenetic and wide-ranging weeks on the global ... its commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of health...

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Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?

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10/02/2017

... was chronically homeless for several years as a result of family issues and poor health . She now has a home in East Flatbush and is dedicated ... on foot. In 2006, she walked up and down the streets of...

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Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... year for 12 years to this new organization with a mission of reducing the harm from smoking. Angry responses to this announcement came from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other anti-smoking entities...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

... would reduce the need for repeated, continuous use of other malaria control measures, such as insecticides and bed nets.One team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...

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How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings from the Wallace Foundation

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10/06/2017

... it feels a little bit like the nonprofit equivalent of reaching for the Holy Grail. The Wallace Foundation’s ... in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “field of scale-up studies.” Their report...

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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... Watershed Quality and Disease in Children A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds ... the connection between watershed quality and individual ...

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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

... And Kentucky is caught in the middle.” While the fate of the coal industry is bigger than Michael Bloomberg and ... a perception that Bloomberg ought to be wary of as his climate philanthropy continues to...

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Environment and Climate Change

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

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02/16/2018

... researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts ... Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report...

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless experience high levels of trauma, assault, early death. These findings emerged...

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09 Aug 2018

Cultivating A Healthy Family Culture - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

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12:00pm to 1:30pm

... and family foundation staff and trustees only.* The health of a family is often defined by its culture. Creating ... connections, positive relationships and a lifetime of closeness takes...

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Klarman and Barr Foundations Team up on $25 Million Arts Initiative

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10/04/2018

... with a new initiative aimed at strengthening the financial health and capacity of those organizations. The grants are part of a larger $25 million investment in the 29 nonprofits by ...

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Newman's Own Awards Donates $200,000 to Five Military Non-Profits

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10/05/2018

... Newman’s Own Awards Ceremony at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes to honor five non-profit organizations for their ... innovative programs created to improve military quality of life. The annual competition seeks to...

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