PURE Bioscience (NASDAQ: PURE), creators of the patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, responded to the declaration by the World Health Organization that the Swine Flu outbreak has become a pandemic by announcing that its distributors of the silver dihydrogen citrate-based disinfectant are well-positioned to respond immediately to this growing health crisis.
In May, the [...]
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Marsh Advises Organizations to Maintain Focus on Potential Economic and Jurisdictional Issues Associated with Pandemic
Following today’s decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its H1N1 influenza pandemic alert to Phase 6, its highest level, Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, is recommending that all organizations continue to focus on [...]
“Pork is safe to eat and handle,” the U.S. pork industry continues to reassure people in the wake of a report from Canada that pigs in an Alberta pork operation contracted an H1N1 virus. A worker who recently visited Mexico – and became ill with the flu – is suspected of transmitting the virus to [...]
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria infects approximately 250 million people per year throughout the developing world and results in a grave loss of life of at least 880,000 per year. The region most severely afflicted is Sub-Saharan Africa, but the disease is also present in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and [...]
Brilliant will lead new Skoll Urgent Threats Fund and advise on philanthropic use of Skoll’s media and financial resources
Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of the Skoll Foundation and Participant Media, announced today that he has hired Dr. Larry Brilliant as president of a new organization Skoll is launching to address urgent threats confronting humanity and [...]
The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it has committed US $30MM over the next six years to provide access to safe drinking water to communities throughout Africa through its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN). Implemented by The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, RAIN will provide at least 2 million Africans with clean water and sanitation by 2015.
“Africa’s [...]
