Health and Wellness

Blue Shield of California's Narcotic Safety Initiative, the health plan's three-year program to help its plan participants avoid opioid abuse and addiction, is seeing significant results in its first year.

In the program's first year, there has already been an 11 percent reduction in Blue ...

Things are heating up; but not the synthetic turf in one of Nassau County’s premier municipal parks, Cantiague Park, with 2 new turf baseball fields installed with Greenplay® organic coconut fiber and cork infill. The Nassau County, LI public is finally enjoying true play on new turf with midday ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, today announced the launch of the Health Means Business Champions Network. This first-of-its-kind initiative provides businesses and community stakeholders the tools they need to take action and becom...

Greenplay Organics LLC, the manufacturer and distributor of Greenplay® second generation organic infill for synthetic turf, is proud to be collaborating on advancements to player safety with Brock International, the established industry leader in shock pads and concussion prevention technology fo...

Ongoing efforts to prevent and control cervical cancer in the African Region have received a significant boost following the announcement of a pioneering partnership between the World Health Organization African Region (WHO AFRO) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers &a...

What do Tulsa, Cleveland, Kansas City, San Diego, Durham and New Haven have in common? They’ve signed on to the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, a new initiative to provide recognition and awards totaling $1.5 million to communities showing measurable changes in health and wellness. Th...

LifeStraw has launched the LifeStraw Safe Water Fund (www.lifestraw.com/engage) to provide socially-minded individuals and organizations with a means to contribute to high-impact programs that provide access to safe water for developin...

ViiV Healthcare, société mondiale spécialisée dans le traitement du VIH, controÌ‚lée par GSK, et comptant Pfizer Inc. et Shionogi Limited parmi ses actionnaires, a annoncé aujourd'hui son intention d’étendre la portée mondiale de son accord de licences nationales concernant ...

ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today announced an extension of overall country coverage of its existing licence agreement for adults formulation of dolutegravir to the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to co...

To coincide with the 2016 International Liver Congress in Barcelona, the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) launches a report that reviews over 20 different existing funding mechanisms and examines how these financing sources could be used to support government strategies to provide access t...