Category Archives: Health

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and UNICEF Announce $150 Million Guarantee to Support Access to Vaccines and Health Supplies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries November 12, 2021 New four-year commitment will help UNICEF procure COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines; mitigate the pandemic’s disruption of routine immunization; and support the procurement…

Swedish announces transformational $20 million gift November 9, 2021 Swedish announced today a $20 million personal bequest from the late philanthropist Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. The gift, made shortly after his death in 2018, supports the establishment of the Paul G. Allen Research Center at Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) and gives our team of physician…

Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $120 Million to Reduce Overdose Deaths in U.S. November 10, 2021 Five new states – Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Wisconsin – will join Michigan and Pennsylvania in program expansion as overdose deaths increase during COVID-19 pandemic New York, NY – As the U.S. reckons with record-breaking drug overdose…