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Burt’s Bees® Joins Healthy Child Healthy World

Posted: Oct 16, 2012 – 10:00 AM EST

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /CSRwire/ - Burts Bees, recognized as a leader in natural health and beauty care, is proud to announce that its Baby Bee and Mama Bee collections have met the rigorous quality standards of Healthy Child Healthy World, a national...

Unilever Announces New Initiative in Progress to Helping 1 Billion People Improve Their Health and Wellbeing

Posted: Oct 14, 2012 – 07:00 PM EST

LONDON/ROTTERDAM, Oct. 14 /CSRwire/ - Unilever and the Earth Institute today announced a new initiative to bring handwashing with soap a lifesaving habit to the Millennium Villages, a project that works with nearly 500,000 people in rural villages, across 10 countries in sub-Saharan...

Add Green To Your Halloween!

Posted: Oct 11, 2012 – 10:03 AM EST

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 11 /CSRwire/ - The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and Green Halloween, a program of Green America, have partnered to provide communities with healthy, animal-friendly, and EEK-O-friendly Halloween events at 50 participating zoo and aquarium locations. Green Halloween...

On World Sight Day, Merck and Partners Mark 25 Years of Successful Collaboration To Help Eliminate River Blindness

Posted: Oct 11, 2012 – 08:00 AM EST

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Oct. 11 /CSRwire/ - World Health Organization commends the MECTIZAN Donation Program (MDP) on its contribution to near-elimination of river blindness from the Western Hemisphere Partnership efforts result in interruption of disease transmission in four of six endemic countries in...

Cereplast Begins Selling First Hybrid Resins Application in India

Posted: Oct 10, 2012 – 10:01 AM EST

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 10 /CSRwire/ - (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cereplast, Inc.(Nasdaq:CERP), a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, sustainable bioplastics, today announced that the Company has begun selling its first Hybrid resins application in India initially for safety helmets. In August, Cereplast opened...

Companies Make Progress Fighting Malaria

Posted: Oct 10, 2012 – 06:00 AM EST

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 10 /CSRwire/ - GBCHealth released a study today that compares a wide range of corporate-run malaria programs and identifies key characteristics that the best programs share. The report found that the most successful malaria programs were managed by highly-skilled...

Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Donates Over $1 Billion in Medicines to Make More Health

Posted: Oct 09, 2012 – 04:47 PM EST

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Oct. 09 /CSRwire/ - Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation today announced that it has donated $1.125 billion in medicines over its eleven-year history through its Patient Assistance and Product Donation Programs. The Patient Assistance Program has given uninsured and underinsured U.S. patients...

MediSend International Trains Nigerian Technicians to Build National Healthcare Capacity

Posted: Oct 04, 2012 – 07:00 AM EST

DALLAS, Oct. 04 /CSRwire/ - MediSend International, a global leader in building technical capacity for healthcare systems, is assisting Nigeria in the development of a national biomedical technologies initiative through a program of professional training and ongoing technical support. Thanks to a series...

UnitedHealthcare Helps Renovate Seymour Park Community Garden and Adds New Edible Landscape Garden with Funding from CBS EcoMedia’s WellnessAd

Posted: Oct 02, 2012 – 02:00 PM EST

GREEN BAY, Wisc., Oct. 02 /CSRwire/ - Seymour Parks Community Garden will be undergoing a major renovation and improvement while the park also adds an innovative new Edible Landscape Garden both thanks to financial support from UnitedHealthcares advertising through CBS EcoMedias WellnessAd program....

Unmet Needs of Veterans With Psychological Injuries Reaches Epidemic Proportions With Rise in Suicide & Sexual Assault

Posted: Oct 01, 2012 – 10:00 AM EST

RHINEBECK, N.Y., Oct. 01 /CSRwire/ - As reported by the New York Times, 45 percent of veterans that have served in Iraq or Afghanistan are now requesting support for their injuries, in many instances psychological injuries. President Obama recently stated that we are...