Health and Wellness
Providing health care, education and resources around the world, wherever they are needed most.
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04-01-20
Donating Was a “No Brainer” For Me
I remember working as a law librarian at Saint Louis University when I saw a notice in the faculty/staff newsletter that there was a bone marrow donor drive happening. I walked across campus and got swabbed! Though I don’t remember the exact date, I registered to be a
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04-01-20
BCtA Companies at the Forefront of Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), with over 250,000 infected across the globe. UNDP will support countries to set up a multisectoral whole-of-soc...
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04-01-20
With #AloneTogether, the Media Industry Unites to Drive Awareness
Originally published by ViacomCBS
By Lauren Streib
Even in isolation, we’re not alone. That’s the message that’s at the core of the #AloneT...
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04-01-20
International Medical Corps Prepares for COVID-19 Surge
As part of its global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, International Medical Corps has deployed two medical shelters and equipment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH), which serves an area of high medical need in South Los Angeles.
Currently, the hospital, which operate...
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04-01-20
Johnson & Johnson Announces a Lead Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19; Landmark New Partnership with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; and Commitment to Supply One Billion Vaccines Worldwide for Emergency Pandemic Use
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) has announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on since January 2020; the significant expansion of the existing partnership between the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson a...
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03-31-20
Fabri-Kal Partners With Local Companies to Provide Medical Face Shields for Healthcare Workers
Fabri-Kal is proud to announce its role in producing medical face shields for local healthcare workers. In less than one week, the Fabri-Kal team quickly came together to develop a plan to meet this critical need. Fabri-Kal, Schupan & Sons and Tekna went from prototype to production on face s...
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03-31-20
Protecting the Most Vulnerable: A Business Response Framework
Business Fights Poverty is coordinating an urgent process to protect the most vulnerable in the face of COVID-19, in partnership with the Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Responsibility Initiative to publish the ‘Business and COVID-19 Response Framewo...
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03-31-20
Monday Moodboard: Quietude
In these unprecedented times, we believe there is opportunity to be united more now than ever to usher conversations around design, sustainability, health and wellness into their next chapters. Amidst challenges can also come optimistic solutions, new ways of living, and beautiful surprises...
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03-31-20
Kerry Washington Just Did a COVID-19 Q&A With California’s Surgeon General for ‘Together At Home’
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The global community is uniting in an effort to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and treat those already infected. The "Together At Home" virtual concert series works to encourage people to stay home, and to enable Global Citize...
