Ad Council Recognizes ABC Owned TV Stations Group with the 2019 Catalyst Award

The Ad Council has honored the ABC Owned TV Stations Group, part of the local media division of ABC, with the 2019 Catalyst Award for its extraordinary support of the Ad Council’s public service campaigns. The award was given at TVBForward 2019, the Television Bureau of Advertising’s (TVB) annual leadership conference in New York City. The Catalyst Award recognizes a media outlet for implementing innovative programs that create meaningful social change. ABC Owned TV Stations Group, which owns or operates 8 stations across the U.S., also provided donated media support to…

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L’Oréal, UNESCO and ABC announce the seven winners of the “Para Mulheres na Ciência” Programme 2019

The Programme, which is in its 14th edition, acknowledges and encourages female participation in Brazilian science and awards $ 50,000 to each of the winners. Finding solutions to diseases that affect the production of oranges in Brazil, investigating why stars stop being produced in some galaxies and encouraging the marketing of food plants are some of the winning works in the Program edition of this year. The Para Mulheres na Ciência (For Women in Science) Programme is dedicated to young Brazilian scientists and it is developed by L’Oréal Brasil in partnership…

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The Association of Black Cardiologists Issues Prior Authorization Resource Kits for Healthcare Providers

The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) has issued its first series of Prior Authorization (PA) Resource Kits for healthcare providers. These Resource Kits have been uniquely designed for cardiology practices working with underserved minority patients and constructed to serve physicians, nurses, and other staff members. “The practice of medicine is an art, as well as a science,” states Dr. Keith Ferdinand, Chair of the ABC Access to Care Initiative and Professor of Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine. “Nevertheless, despite advances in evidence-based medications and devices, these new therapies…

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