Health
July 17, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards delivered a stern reply on Thursday to a controversial undercover video that purports to show the reproductive health organization profits from selling tissue from aborted fetuses. In her video response posted to YouTube, Richards said the “heavily edited” footage was intended to make “outrageous claims” about the nonprofit’s programs to…
July 8, 2015 at 6:00 am
Members of the ALS community aim to reignite the ice-bucket challenge with an eye to making it an annual fundraising event, while acknowledging it will likely continue on a smaller scale. Their rallying cry: Every August until a cure. "A lot of people think it was a one-time shot," said Pat Quinn, who was diagnosed…
July 7, 2015 at 1:01 pm
Going for as much as $4 per ounce, human breast milk is a hot commodity that is emerging as a surprisingly cutthroat industry, one that states are now seeking to regulate amid a battle for control between nonprofit and for-profit banks that supply hospital neonatal units. The debate among the for-profit and nonprofit organizations can…
June 29, 2015 at 1:28 pm
The St. David’s Foundation in Austin, Texas, has announced grants totaling more than $26.8 million to local nonprofit organizations working to provide health care-related services to residents of central Texas. The grants include more than $12 million to 21 organizations awarded through the foundation's Healthy People program, which supports safety net clinics that provide a…
June 29, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Nonprofit hospitals across New Jersey could be liable for millions of dollars in annual property taxes, under a ruling by a tax-court judge that highlighted the difficulty in separating the charitable and for-profit activities of hospitals and other organizations. The judge found that Morristown Medical Center had so intermingled its nonprofit and for-profit services and…
June 26, 2015 at 12:39 pm
The medical world just got some major ammunition in its battle to cure cancer—a $1 billion donation spearheaded by Nike chairman and CEO Phil Knight. In September 2013, Knight and his wife, Penny, pledged to give $500 million to Oregon Health & Science University for cancer research if the school could raise a matching donation in two…
June 22, 2015 at 2:26 pm
The Ebola epidemic exposed long-standing holes in aid delivery, which desperately needs an overhaul before the next international emergency hits, aid experts said on Thursday. Many of the shortcomings seen during the Haiti earthquake of slow responses and uncoordinated relief efforts were repeated during the Ebola crisis that erupted in West Africa a year ago,…
June 17, 2015 at 12:43 pm
Ewan Gordon ran a marathon every day for six weeks straight—a whopping total of 1,050 miles—for charity. The Englishman ran the entire length of Great Britain—and grew out his hair and beard to look like Forrest Gump.
June 16, 2015 at 2:59 pm
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity recently announced a seven-year, $10 million fundraising commitment in support of its national philanthropic partner Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). In honor of the commitment, HCI named the sixth floor of Huntsman Cancer Hospital at HCI "The Sigma Chi International Fraternity Sixth Floor." The floor features a gourmet cafeteria, a multi-purpose room…
June 15, 2015 at 4:10 pm
A family that has a child with autism is finding a way to help others in similar circumstances. They have put together a charity that helps children and adults who wander or become lost. The family started a charity called "If I Need Help.” They use scanner apps on cell phones and "quick response" codes…
