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    Increasing Access to Preventable Medical Care is #Solvable [Video]

    The Rockefeller Foundation

    Access to preventative medical care is #Solvable. By making use of inactive militaries deployed around the world, Admiral James Stavridis describes how we can provide preventative medical care to the…

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    Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns Can Do a Better Job Supporting Women Who’ve Received a Stage 4 Diagnosis

    The Conversation Oct 29, 2021

    Since 1985, cancer-related nonprofits, along with pharmaceutical firms and other businesses, have sponsored an international campaign to observe October as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” During these weeks, the public is…

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    Lack of Health Infrastructure Leaves Americans Vulnerable

    Vox Oct 29, 2021

    Public health officials and outside experts warned the federal government for years before the coronavirus pandemic that the US was not focusing enough on public health prevention. They were proven right. Now…

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    How Philanthropy Can Support Protein Design Revolution

    Seattle Foundation Oct 28, 2021

    Seattle Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the IPD Breakthrough Fund at Seattle Foundation. This new fund supports the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design (IPD) to…

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    Learning More About the COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids

    Futurity Oct 27, 2021

    Some 28 million Americans still aren’t eligible for coronavirus vaccines—elementary school-aged kids between the ages of 5 and 11—but Biden administration officials announced that’s poised to change soon. The White…

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    A Better Life for People Living with Sarcoidosis

    Milken Institute Oct 26, 2021

    Having a poorly understood condition is frustrating. From the doctors’ visits, to multiple ineffective treatments, to reductions in quality of life, it can feel as though there is little hope.…

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    Investing in COVID-19 Response Efforts Through Partnerships

    Global Citizen Oct 25, 2021

    As a founding partner of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria is at the forefront of the global COVID-19 response.…

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    An Infectious Disease Expert Explains New Federal Rules on ‘Mix-and-match’ Vaccine Booster Shots

    The Conversation Oct 25, 2021

    Many Americans now have the green light to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster – and the flexibility to receive a different brand than the original vaccine they received. On the…

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    Women in Africa, Asia, and Beyond Go Under-vaccinated

    Global Health NOW Oct 23, 2021

    During the early COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in South Sudan, Gabon and Somalia, just 30% of people vaccinated were women—raising concerns that women were being left behind across Africa as well…

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    Understanding the Impact of Polio and How to Eradicate It

    Global Citizen Oct 22, 2021

    There once was a time, even in living memory, when polio was a global threat that paralyzed children at alarming rates. Now, it has been almost entirely eliminated. Cases and…

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    The Fight Against Vaccine Misinformation

    Associated Press Oct 21, 2021

    For months, Maria Cristina was hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Her fears came from social media, where she heard ample amounts of misinformation about what was in the vaccine…

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    Learning From Others: Israel’s COVID Vaccination Trends and Findings

    Brookings Oct 21, 2021

    Just a few months ago, we almost sang a song of triumph in the fight against the pandemic. The infection numbers drastically decreased in countries with high vaccination rates. The…

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