Health and Wellness

Over the past 25 years, the United States has played a leading role in one of the world’s most remarkable success stories: unprecedented progress to prevent the deaths of millions of children. This year, more than 100 organizations joined forces as part of the

Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health systems, today announced that nine of its hospitals were honored for their commitment to environmental excellence by Practice Greenhealth.

“Dignity Health has been an environmental leader for more than 15 years, paving the way with ma...

The Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the expansion of “Project Last Mile” to include 10 African countries over the next...

For two decades, Novo Nordisk has been working to support the Indian healthcare infrastructure to cope with the millions of people living with diabetes. Going beyond philanthropy, the company has taken a holistic approach to diabetes care, raising awareness of diabetes, building healthcare pr...

The United States could save $217 to $303 billion in annual health care costs if businesses and governments adopt existing evidence-based health promotion and chronic disease prevention methods, according to a landmark report released June 18 by

The Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR) today announced their collaboration with national leprosy programs and other International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP) partners to interrupt transmission of leprosy. In pilot sites of sever...

Today, Novo Nordisk and sustainability think tank Sustainia present a new approach in the fight against chronic diseases based on green innovations. Accounting for more than 63 percent of all global deaths[1], chronic diseases have become an alarming issue that the healthcare sector cannot handle...

The Board of Directors of GBCHealth announced today that Executive Director Michael Schreiber has decided to depart for a new position as President & Chief Operating Officer, Concern Worldwide U.S., and Nancy Wildfeir-Field is joining GBCHealth as its new President, effective May 28th, 2014.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced that the agency, through its Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Program, has supported the delivery of 1 billion NTD treatments to some of the world’s poorest populations, cumulatively reaching approximately 465 million people i...

(Marketwired) - Today, Seventh Generation's Toxin Freedom Fighters (child-superheroes advocating for chemical regulation reform) and ...