12Jul/16

iPhone Health app makes organ donation easier – West – Welfare Society Territory


West – Welfare Society Territory

iPhone Health app makes organ donation easier
West – Welfare Society Territory
There’s good news from Apple for the 120,000 US citizens waiting for a life-saving transplant. A new feature of the Health app allows users to opt in to donating their organs, tissues and corneas. As soon as registration takes place on the iPhone, the …

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12Jul/16

IRS makes Form 990 machine readable following suit – Northern California Record


Northern California Record

IRS makes Form 990 machine readable following suit
Northern California Record
“For example, organizations can compare executive compensation, unrelated business taxable income, lobbying expenditures, public support percentages and the adoption of various governance policies. Some of the analysis may be very helpful and some …

12Jul/16

CA Attorney General: Lift Blood Donation Ban – FOX40


FOX40

CA Attorney General: Lift Blood Donation Ban
FOX40
SACRAMENTO — State Attorney General Kamala Harris Monday wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, urging the federal agency to abandon its recently revised policy barring sexually active gay men from donating blood. In December, the …
Harris urges FDA to abandon ‘discriminatory’ blood donor policyState of Reform
Kamala Harris urges FDA to reconsider blood donor policyKRON4.com
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Urges the US Food and Drug Administration to Reconsider Discriminatory BloodImperial Valley News

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12Jul/16

19 Senators Expose ‘Web of Denial’ Blocking Action on Climate Change – EcoWatch


EcoWatch

19 Senators Expose ‘Web of Denial’ Blocking Action on Climate Change
EcoWatch
The resolution also urges fossil fuel corporations and their allies to cooperate with investigations into their climate-related activities.” … Merkley highlighted the work of Justin Farrell from Yale and the money flows from Donors Trust and the Koch
Senators to Expose Web of Denial Blocking Action on ClimateCommon Dreams (press release)

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12Jul/16

UNAIDS warns that after significant reductions, declines in new HIV infections among adults have stalled and are … – UNAIDS (press release)


UNAIDS (press release)

UNAIDS warns that after significant reductions, declines in new HIV infections among adults have stalled and are
UNAIDS (press release)
“We are sounding the alarm,” said Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS. “The power of prevention is not being realized. If there is a resurgence in new HIV infections now, the epidemic will become impossible to control. The world needs to take

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