Lakeshore Advance |
Local mom creates Canadian Surrogacy Community
Lakeshore Advance “Gay marriage has changed the face of families,” said Peeters, “Surrogacy and egg donations allows same sex couples to explore the options of have a family genetically related to them.” Peeters had worked as a surrogacy intake worker for another agency. |
Poughkeepsie Journal |
Budget done — now get to ethics reform!
Poughkeepsie Journal As we have noted, state lawmakers passed weakened measures about five years ago, including making it possible for judges to strip taxpayer-funded retirement benefits from public officials convicted of corruption-related felonies. But there … Many … |
Inside Philanthropy |
A Donor Steps Forward to Help Close the (Growing) International Reporting Gap
Inside Philanthropy Check out the Knight Foundation’s related efforts in helping regional newsrooms thrive by testing new media tools, propping up local communities that run the risk of becoming “news deserts,” and hosting conversations with academic and industry leaders … |
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Global HIV drive hampered without drugs for ‘neglected’ West and Central Africa
Reuters UK HIV treatment is not considered a priority in West and Central Africa by donors or governments, as the region has a smaller percentage of people infected with HIV than Eastern and Southern Africa, said Mit Philips, health policy advisor at MSF. “Donors … |
San Angelo Standard TimesGive the gift of lifeSan Angelo Standard TimesOrgan donors are in short supply in the U.S. More than 117,000 men, women and children on the national waiting list are in need of an organ transplant, and 11,500 of them are Texans…
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Atara Bio’s Collaborator QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Reports Positive Clinical Data for T Cell …
GlobeNewswire (press release) The therapy was generally well-tolerated in the 29 patients with two patients experiencing possibly related grade 3 adverse events. “These clinical findings provide initial data … Atara Bio’s targeted EBV-CTL utilizes a technology in which T cells … |
WBEZ |
In Defeat, State Rep. Ken Dunkin Kept A Million-Dollar Consolation Prize
WBEZ Edgar’s campaign fund has spent more than $1.4 million since he left office. Much of it has been on charitable and political donations, but the spending also includes $1,970 on flowers, more than $22,000 in membership dues to various organizations, and … |
Miami Herald |
Miami Dade College cultural-center project becomes three-way competition
Miami Herald That sets up a three-way competition among developer Jorge Perez’s Related Group, a team led by Miami art dealer Gary Nader and another led by developer Gregg Covin and architect Chad Oppenheim. Those three groups, in … Nader criticized what he said … |
Toronto Star |
Ontario to spend $100M outsourcing life-saving transplants to US
Toronto Star 255: Number of allogeneic stem cell transplants (using related or unrelated donors rather than the patient’s own stem cells) provided in Ontario for the year ended March 31, 2016 at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, The Ottawa Hospital and Juravinski … |
CBC.ca |
Ontario’s biggest political donors revealed
CBC.ca Topping the list is the United Association, the union that represents plumbers, pipefitters and related workers in the construction industry. Individual locals of this union, as well as its provincial council and political action funds donated nearly … |