Health and Wellness
Providing health care, education and resources around the world, wherever they are needed most.
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03-11-20
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID-19
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and Mastercard today committed up to $125 million in seed funding to speed-up the response to the COVID-19 epidemic by identifying, assessing, ...
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03-11-20
Meet Dale, Breast Cancer Patient & Advocate
The world’s population is aging more quickly than ever before. By 2050, the number of people over 60 is expected to double. People with cancer are also growing older.
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03-09-20
4 Questions for a Scientist Working on a Revolutionary CAR-T Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
The early data results seemed almost too good to be true.
That's what Sen Zhuang, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Oncology Clinical Research, Janssen Research & Development, was thinking at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Onco...
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03-06-20
The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education Introduce Digital Workplace Training to Combat Opioid Epidemic
The Operation Prevention program, created in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Discovery Education, today announced a four-part digital module series to educate workplace professionals about the opioid epidemic and provide resources for prevention.
Acr...
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03-06-20
Profiles in Creating Possible: Staci Bush Helps Gilead Go Beyond Medicine to Address Barriers to HIV Care Through Partnerships
Staci Bush can still remember the first time that she, while working as a physician’s assistant at an LGBTQ+ teen health center in Chicago, became aware of the term “single tablet ...
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03-05-20
As Cancer in Older People Increases, so Do the Challenges to Help Them Live Longer, Fuller Lives
The world’s population is aging more quickly than ever before. By 2050, the number of people over 60 is expected to double. People with cancer are also growing older.
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03-05-20
Podcast: How Intelligence at the Healthcare Edge Saves Lives
When a patient contracts sepsis during a hospital stay, speed to diagnosis and treatment is critical: If the infection goes undetected, the patient could die within hours. Now, using an algorithm, along with edge sensors, Wi-Fi data networks, and artificial intelligence, hospital caregivers can m...
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03-03-20
The Arbor Day Foundation Recognizes Inaugural Class of Tree Campus Healthcare Facilities
The Arbor Day Foundation today recognized sixteen hospitals across the United States as the first-ever Tree Campus Healthcare facilities. The healthcare institutions earned this recognition by demonstrating a commitment to improving community wellness through tree planting, education, and communi...
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02-28-20
An Expert Explains the Latest Good-Yes, Good!-News About Lung Cancer
Originally published on JNJ.com
In January, the American Cancer Society issued an announcement that gave cancer experts reason to cheer: According to the organization’s
