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San Francisco companies pledge to raise $500M for affordable Bay Area housing
Kaiser Permanente, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Facebook are among several businesses and foundations in the San Francisco Bay Area banding together to create an investment fund for a public-private housing project that promises to create more than 8,000 homes over the next five to 10 years. -
Sanofi, Google launch startup program for women's healthcare
The Women & Access to Health Daring Circle, a coalition of healthcare and technology companies, has opened applications for a new program supporting late-stage women's healthcare startups. -
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia opens 'food pharmacy'
In a new effort to address food insecurity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia opened a Healthy Weight Food Pharmacy Jan. 23, according to The Inquirer. -
American Heart Association, Philips partner to increase cardiac arrest survival rates in cities
The American Heart Association joined forces with health technology vendor Philips to launch the "Connected Pulse Program," an effort to increase survival after sudden cardiac arrest. -
MasterCard, Rockefeller Foundation dedicate $50M to 'data science for social impact' philanthropy
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation are committing $50 million over the next five years to create Data Science for Social Impact, a collaborative philanthropy using data science to address global health and social issues, the Hastings Tribune reports. -
Cancer patients face high stress from medical bills
Cancer survivors have high stress levels from medical financial hardship, such as struggling to pay bills, a study published in Cancer found. -
NYC Health + Hospitals launches 'meatless Mondays'
NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City's 11-hospital public health system, debuted "meatless Mondays" Jan. 7 to provide more plant-based meals to inpatients. -
Bill Gates: Best investment I've ever made is global health
The best investment Bill Gates has made during his career involves efforts to increase access to vaccines and medicines around the globe, he wrote in an essay for The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16. -
15% of adolescents receive all recommended HPV vaccine doses by age 13
A study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases examined human papillomavirus virus vaccination rates among adolescents. -
Patients following heart health guidelines less likely to develop diabetes
Taking measures to protect heart health can also help prevent diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetologia. -
Kaiser introduces 3 initiatives to end homelessness
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente announced three initiatives to help secure affordable housing across the system's footprint and help end homelessness Jan. 15. -
Flu pandemic, Ebola among WHO's top 10 threats to global health
The World Health Organization will launch its five-year strategic plan at the start of 2019, and kicked it off with a list of the top 10 issues that will "demand attention from WHO and health partners" this year. -
Suicide risk quadruples for cancer patients, study finds
Cancer patients are more than four times more likely to commit suicide than people who do not have cancer, a study published in Nature Communications found. -
Oklahoma hospital employees receive food donations as shutdown continues
A nonprofit organization is stepping in to help employees at Claremore (Okla.) Indian Hospital as the government shutdown continues, News On 6 reports. -
Philips Cares digitizes the aging and caregiving experience
Philips has recently announced the launch of Philips Cares, a new digital experience that empowers caregivers and their loved ones to connect care and enhance support with meaningful insights across the aging journey. -
Michigan hospital opens micro-grocery store
Residents of Kalamazoo, Mich., welcomed a new grocery store Jan. 7, built into the downtown campus of Bronson Methodist Hospital, MLive reports. -
23andMe joins forces with one of CDC's diabetes prevention programs
Lark Health, a chronic disease prevention and management company, unveiled plans to integrate genetic information from 23andMe into its nationally recognized diabetes prevention program. -
AMA Journal of Ethics tackles health care for undocumented immigrants
With immigration policies dominating national and local news, the AMA Journal of Ethics devoted its January issue to health care for undocumented immigrants. -
US cancer deaths dropped 27% over 25 years
A 25-year decline led to a 27 percent decrease in the U.S. cancer death rate — translating to about 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths between 1991 and 2016, a study published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians found. -
Here's why Facebook's suicide-screening tool is used in the US — but not the EU
Stringent privacy protections in the European Union have impeded Facebook's ability to use its controversial suicide-screening tool in the region, according to Business Insider. The algorithm is already in use in the U.S., where it has faced criticism.
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