Health and Wellness
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10-25-22
Clinics Across Florida, New Jersey & California Advancing Mental Health in Underserved Communities - Awarded Funding From Teva Pharmaceuticals, Direct Relief and NAFC
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC) and Direct Relief announced today the awarding of $825,000 in grant funding for 11 free and charitable clinics addressing mental health
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10-21-22
Australia Begins a Big Push To Sequence Underserved Populations
Australia’s Centre for Population Genomics (CPG), a collaboration between the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, has launched a new initiative to engage diverse communities in genomic research.
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10-20-22
Aflac Dental, Vision and Hearing Plans Now Available to Individuals Outside the Traditional Worksite
Aflac, announced the launch of its new Dental, Vision and Hearing insurance plans, specifically designed for individuals and families without access to insurance through a traditional worksite.
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10-20-22
Illumina and GenoScreen Partner To Expand Access to Genomic Testing for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Illumina announced a partnership to accelerate progress to end tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. The partnership will expand capabilities for countries most impacted by tuberculosis to more effectively detect and combat multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
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10-19-22
Direct Relief, Amgen and C/Can Team Up To Improve Access to Breast Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment in Paraguay
"Our initiative with C/Can and Direct Relief can bring much-needed medicines to people suffering with cancer," said Dr. Victoria Elegant, Global Lead, Access to Healthcare, at Amgen.
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10-19-22
Clean Production Action Releases First-Ever GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for the Health Care Sector
GreenScreen Certified for Medical Supplies & Devices applies to a wide range of both consumable and durable products used in health care.
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10-18-22
Quest Diagnostics Aims to Close Gaps in Maternal Healthcare With New Obstetrics Test Panel That Includes Hepatitis C Screening
New test panel follows a Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® study with the CDC that revealed less than half of pregnant people are screened for hepatitis C as recommended under guidelines
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10-17-22
Uniting for Global Hand Hygiene
This Global Handwashing Day, Kohler is celebrating the importance of handwashing and highlighting the ongoing need for universal hand hygiene.
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10-17-22
Breast and Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Still Lagging During Second Full Year of COVID-19 Pandemic, Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® Study Finds
More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, diagnoses of breast and prostate cancer, two of the nation's leading causes of cancer death, continue to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, according to a Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® study.
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10-17-22
Tomorrow is Global Handwashing Day 2022!
During the COVID-19 pandemic it became obvious to the world that proper hand hygiene can help save lives for people everywhere. Unfortunately, there are still millions of people in many parts of the world that do not even have access to proper hand hygiene facilities. We aim to create awareness arou...