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Walmart Foundation Commits $500,000 to Improving Emergency Preparedness for the 54 Million Americans with Disabilities

WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Walmart Foundation has made a $500,000 grant to further the work of the National Organization on Disability's (N.O.D.) Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI). N.O.D. is nationally recognized amongst emergency managers and the disability...

AMA Commits to Help Slow Increases In Health Spending

Joins Effort to Bend Spending Curve to Help Move Health Reform Forward WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement attributable to J. James Rohack, M.D. AMA President-elect: "The need for health reform that provides coverage and high quality, affordable health care for all Am...

Gary and Mary West Foundation Commits $45 Million to Create Wireless Health Institute

Scripps Health, Qualcomm Join Forces as Founding Health Care Affiliate, Founding Sponsor SAN DIEGO, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gary and Mary West Foundation today committed $45 million to create the West Wireless Health Institute, one of world's first medical research organizations ...

Video: Avon Commits Over $1.75 Million for New Partnerships to End Violence Against Women

Establishes new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School Makes Additional Contributions to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women Award-Winning Actress Reese Witherspoon Launches New Global Mobilization Efforts WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- O...

Global Health Community Commits Over $630 Million in Aggressive Push for Polio Eradication

Rotary International, Gates Foundation, United Kingdom, and Germany pledge critically needed funds and urge donor and endemic country governments to help end crippling childhood disease SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Ga...

Window World Cares Raises $160,000 for St. Jude Children's Hospital, Commits to Ongoing Support

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Window World Cares, the charitable foundation of Window World, Inc., recently made a year-end contribution of $160,000 to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The money was raised through the generous donations of Window World franchise owners and empl...

SAFC Pharma(TM) Commits to Major Expansion of High Potency API Production at Madison Site

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAFC Pharma(TM), a focus area within SAFC(R) ( http://www.safcpharma.com ), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich(R) Group (Nasdaq: SIAL ), today officially announced details of a $30 million expansion plan to its Madison (Wisconsin) facility, designed to ...

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Commits up to $2 million to Visualize Alpha-Synuclein Protein in the Brain

Funding to be issued under second round of Critical Challenges in Parkinson's Disease initiative NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is committing up to $2 million to develop and test non-invasive imaging technologies that would ...

International Diabetes Federation Commits to Improving Diabetes Education Globally Through Centres of Education

BRUSSELS, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today announced that it will begin designating centres of education globally to improve clinical outcomes, care and knowledge of healthcare providers and people with diabetes. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/...

The American Red Cross Commits $10 Million to Assist China Earthquake Survivors

WASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross is prepared to provide $10 million to support relief efforts following the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province. This contribution will assist the Red Cross Society of China, whose employees and vo...

Nation's Premiere Patient Advocate Organization Commits to UCN inContact(R) for Entire Group

SALT LAKE CITY, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UCN, Inc. (Nasdaq: UCNN ), innovator of all-in-one, off-premises contact center solutions announced today that a premiere national non-profit patient-advocacy organization, Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) signed a one-year agreement to...

'Healing Starts With Us' National Campaign Commits to Battling Depression - By Any Means Necessary

Goal To Secure 1 Million Pledges By Independence Day NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the "Healing Starts With Us" national campaign launches its website Healingstartswithus.net to create a grassroots online network that will mobilize and promote the campaign's goal to reach ...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Up to $2 Million to Improve Drug Delivery for Parkinson's Disease

NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research today announced the launch of a new funding program, Improving Delivery of Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics to the Brain. This $2-million initiative aims to stimulate research addressing two ma...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Evolves its Role, Commits to Health and Wellness of Members and Communities

New mission a bold step forward; Health and wellness a priority at all levels, staffing, products, human resources, and community involvement CHICAGO, March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) today announced a new mission reflecting cultural ...

Peter G. Peterson Commits $1 Billion Toward Solving America's Most Significant Economic Challenges

Peterson Launches Foundation to Target 'Undeniable, Unsustainable and Untouchable' Threats to the Nation's Future and to future Generations of Americans U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker to Serve as President and Chief Executive of t...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits up to $3.8 Million to Develop Gene Silencing Neuroprotective Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation has committed up to $3.8 million for the development of a gene silencing therapeutic to treat Parkinson's disease by reducing expression of the protein alpha-synuclein. A team of researchers led by Matt Farrer, PhD, of M...

Gates Foundation Commits to Expansion of HIV Prevention in China

New initiative to support prevention programs targeting high-risk groups SEATTLE, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will commit $50 million to work in partnership with the Chinese government and non-governmental organizations to expand HIV prev...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Up to $2 Million for PD Drug Development Under Target Validation 2008

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research today announced the launch of its 2008 Target Validation effort. Under this annual program the Foundation will award up to $2 million in 2008 for projects designed to validate the therapeu...

Banco Popular Commits To Make A Difference Day 2007

Participating Nationwide Six Years In A Row, Banco Popular Remains Actively Engaged In Community Service CHICAGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Popular North America (BPNA), one of the nation's premier community banks and a leading U.S. Small Business Administratio...

MacArthur commits $11 million to further UCSF work in maternal safety

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has promised $10.75 million to extend a ground-breaking UCSF project to help combat maternal mortality in Nigeria and India two countries that comprise one-third of all maternal deaths worldwide. MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton ...

Gates Foundation Commits $280 Million for Research to Fight Global TB Epidemic

11 new grants will speed development of TB vaccines, diagnostic tests, and drugs in support of the Global Plan to Stop TB SEATTLE, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today grants totaling $280 million to help fight tuberculosis, an epid...

Woman Army Officer Commits Suicide in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu, An Indian Army captain posted in Jammu and Kashmir has allegedly committed suicide in her home here. Police sources here said Captain Megha Razdan of the Engineering Regiment was found hanging by her husband Captain Chetanya Razdan at their home in the army quarters at Kunjwani on t...

Ostracized HIV Victim of Bihar Commits Suicide

A HIV positive man hailing from a Bihar village, who was socially ostracized, committed suicide by setting himself on fire. The man, whose name is not known, was the only bread earner and immolated himself two days ago in a village in Jamui district, about 150 km from here. The immediate p...

Senior Doctor of Apollo Hospital Commits Suicide

A senior doctor with the Apollo Hospital here allegedly committed suicide Tuesday morning , with police attributing it to a family dispute. Umesh Sharma, president of the orthopaedics department, was found dead at around 7.00 a.m. in his cabin in Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar, south Delhi...

Delhi journalism student commits suicide

An 18-year-old journalism student committed suicide by shooting herself at her south Delhi home, police said Sunday.// Mrinalini was alone at home in the upmarket Hauz Khas area Saturday evening when she shot herself, said a police official. She is the daughter of Vijendra Rai, additional dir...

Kidney Patient Commits Suicide over Treatment Costs

Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh villager suffering from a serious kidney ailment died Saturday after jumping from the third floor of a premier hospital here//, apparently because he could not afford the high treatment costs. The man jumped out of a window of the nephrology ward of the Sanjay Gandhi ...

Ostracized AIDS Patient Commits Suicide in Bihar

Upset with ostracism by family members and villagers, a woman who lost her husband to AIDS and is now diagnosed with the disease //committed suicide in her Bihar home. Premila Devi, 40, from Tilaei village in Rohtas district, ended her life by jumping into a well Saturday, just a few months a...

College Student Commits Suicide After Failing In HSC Exams

Frustrated over his unsuccessful attempt to clear the Higher Secondary Examination, a student in Ambarnath town of neighbouring Thane district today allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of the Pune-bound fast Deccan Queen train, police said. // Vaibhav Dinesh Murbadkar, studying i...

Roche Commits More Antiviral Pills To Asia For Bird Flu

At a meeting to assess the bird flu situation in the light of the new cases in Turkey, Roche Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Tamiflu said that it// will allot more antiviral pills to Asia and provide the necessary aid to organizations in this endeavour to fight a possible pandemic. Roche said th...

DNA-damaged cells communicate with neighbors to let them know they're in trouble

...l Biology . When a cell experiences DNA damage, its first response is to try to repair the damage. If that doesn't work the cell, hopefully, either commits suicide or stops dividing, two intrinsic mechanisms for preventing cancer according to Judith Campisi, PhD, lead author of the study and a faculty me...

GE Launches Program to Doctors, Hospitals to Accelerate EMR Adoption; First $100 Million of healthymagination Commitment

... Offers Healthcare Providers Interest-free Funding for Immediate Access to Electronic Medical Records, commits to Stimulus Warranty Electronic Medical Records Can Help Improve Patient Outcomes, Reduce Medical Errors and Costs FAIRFIELD, Conn., June 1...

Takeda to Acquire IDM Pharma, Adding MEPACT(R) (Mifamurtide), the First Treatment Approved for Osteosarcoma in More Than 20 Years, to Its Oncology Franchise

...lly diluted basis including shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants) entered into a stockholders' agreement with Takeda America that commits the stockholders to tender their shares in the tender offer, subject to certain conditions. The transaction is subject to the tender of a majority of ...

Incentives and Pharmacist Coaches Lead to Improved Health and Lower Health Care Costs for Diabetic Patients

...hree unique elements of the program: 1) The employer reduces or waives co-pays for diabetic drugs and supplies; 2) The patient signs an agreement that commits them to education and face-to-face coaching on diabetes self-management in return for the reduced drug costs; and 3) Pharmacists are trained as diabet...

OnCore(r) 9.0 Released: 'Top 5' Priorities and Collaborative Initiatives Cornerstones of Product Development

...;Top 5" program. In this program each research organization that uses OnCore is asked to submit their top enhancement requests. Then, PercipEnz commits to implementing as many of the requests as possible in the subsequent version of OnCore. "The Top 5 program is a reflection of our commitmen...

Camels with a Cause Helps Ease the Pain of Arthritis

...ties with the only requirement being that they must tap into their passions to lead the charge to fulfill a need for that charity. If the staff member commits to chairing the event, the agency will fully support that employee and respective charity for the period. CWAC's previous efforts include raising...

Obama Notre Dame Abortion Tension Mounts: Good Friday Protests at White House, and in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Fort Wayne

...ho will defend Life, and obey Catholic teaching. "Our secondary goal is two-fold: First, to create such a firestorm that no other Catholic School commits this treachery in the foreseeable future. Second, to so tar President Obama with the blood of the innocent that he cannot seduce the Catholic and Evan...

Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center Selects Allscripts to Automate and Connect Its Physician Offices, Emergency Department and Home Care Providers

... Illinois Health System commits to Information Connectivity as the Basis for Better Healthcare CHICAGO and OTTAWA, Ill., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts announced...

Cephalon Launches Takeover Offer for Australian Biotechnology Company, Arana Therapeutics

...(including, without limitation, any joint venture or partnership agreement) involving a commitment greater than $2.5 million; (D) incurs or commits to, or grants to another person a right the exercise of which would involve incurring or committing to, any capital expenditure in respect of any one ...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) Advocacy Alliance Applauds Obama for Commitment to Health Reform, Cancer Research, in Budget Blueprint

...conomic stimulus package, which will support new cancer research in 2009 and 2010. Investing in the Public Health Workforce : The president commits to strengthening the public health workforce -- doctors, nurses and other public health professionals -- which will improve access, particularly for u...

Congressional Leaders, Public Health Experts Announce New Framework to Promote Women's Health

... including preventative care, and that they are supported in making healthy choices throughout the various stages of their lives." The resolution commits Congress to passing, within 18 months of adopting the resolution, legislation that guarantees health care for women and all individuals and establishe...