Working with community groups such as Black Women for Wellness and Valley Jewish Community Center as well...
Health and Wellness
Providing health care, education and resources around the world, wherever they are needed most.
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09-15-16
Blue Cross & Blue Shield Of Rhode Island Launches Next Generation Wellness Platform With Virgin Pulse
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) today announced a new contract with Virgin Pulse to offer a customized wellness platform to its members. Beginning in 2017, BCBSRI members will have access to the global online solution to encourage, improve and sustain healthy habits.
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09-15-16
Fifty Cities and Counties Accept Challenge to Improve Community Health in Bid for $1.5 Million in Prizes
Despite spending more on health care than any other country in the world, Americans live shorter, less healthy lives than our counterparts in other high-income nations. While this is a national problem, our local communities are where we have the power to influence our health more than ever befor...
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09-09-16
Yum! Brands Recognized as a 2016 Healthiest 100 Workplace In America®
Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) has been recognized as a 2016 Healthiest 100 Workplace in America, an awards program presented by Springbuk®.
The top one hundred employers will be recognized at the Corporate Wellness Conference® in Washington...
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09-06-16
The Aetna Foundation Awards More Than $2 Million in Grants Across USA to Cultivate Healthy Living
The Aetna Foundation today announced that it has awarded community grants to 23 nonprofit organizations as part of its Cultivating Healthy Communities initiative. This program is designed to promote healthy eating and active living, strengthen health equity and advance innovations that make it po...
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09-02-16
Prager Joins Advisory Panel at Institute for Responsible Nutrition
The Institute for Responsible Nutrition (IRN), a nonprofit dedicated to ending food-related disease and promoting good health, has named Michael Prager to its team of distinguished advisers.
“Michael ...
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08-05-16
A Promise Kept: Subaru and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Deliver 30,000 Gifts of Comfort and Care to Cancer Patients Across the Country
Subaru of America and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) wrapped up their June initiative, Subaru Loves to Care, which literally brought warmth and hope to thousands of patients fighting c...
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08-01-16
LifeStraw Invites Global Teams, Citizens To Help Brazilians In Need Gain Access To Safe Water During Athletic Competitons In Rio Through The Brazil Project
This week, as all eyes are on Rio and athletes from around the world, LifeStraw, a leader in safe water technology, is inviting global teams and citizens to get involved, not only as spectators, but also, as active agents of change through
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07-19-16
Bayer and White Ribbon Alliance Announce Self-Care Policy Recommendations & Programs to Support Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
With 830 women dying every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and over 16,000 children under age five dying daily, Bayer and the White Ribbon Alliance today released critical policy recommendations and launched community programs to support the reduction and preventi...
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07-18-16
Pact and Chevron Launch Integrated Program to Fight HIV and AIDS in Nigeria
Today, Pact and Chevron announced the launch of PROMOT II, a $1.5 million, two-year initiative to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The initiative, launching this week during the 21st International AIDS Conference, builds on a four-year part...
